Volume ΙΙ - 1948

Author Category Volume Page Year Language Stavrinides Ν. PAPERS AND STUDIES 2 546 - 568 1948 Greek Title Andreas Miliotis, first ‘Clerk of the Porte’ in Crete Summary PDF The biography of Andreas Miliotis, a Greek Orthodox Christian originally from Rethymnon, reconstructed from a reference by Marinos Tzane Bounialis, author of the Cretan War, and documents from the Turkish Archive of Heraklion. Miliotis collaborated with the Turks during the siege of Chandax and became the first Clerk of the Porte in Crete, whose main responsibility was collecting poll and other taxes. He was condemned to death by hanging, on suspicion of secret dealings with the Venetians to undermine Ottoman rule. The relevant Ottoman documents are presented in Greek translation in the appendix.