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Rayah



A rayah, raya, or reaya (the usual modern scholarly spelling) (also spelled raiah, re'aya; Ottoman Turkish رعايا [re'ʔaːjeː]; Modern Turkish râya [raː'jaː] or reaya) was a member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society, in contrast to the askeri.



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