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98 THE MOHAMMEDAN RACES
That the change of religion took place in Phrygia
and Pisidia, not at the movement of the Turkish
conquest, but by gradual steps in the following
period, is shown by the fact that we can often trace
the existence of a Christian and a Mohammedan
town side by side in a district which is now purely
Mohammedan. So, for example, at five miles' dis-
tance from each other we find the Seljuk town
Karamanli, "the men of Karaman " (a noted chief),
and the Christian Tefeni, the town of Saint Stephen,
and at one mile from each other Scljukler (the
Seljuks) and Sivasli (the men of the Christian
Sebaste). At the present day all are alike Moslem
and Osmanli, and have been so for centuries ; but
the names arose when the old Christians and the
new Turks lived side by side, yet distinct, in the
same valley.
From this point of view, every valley in Phrygia
is a study in ethnology and in religious history,
where names are the chief evidence of the changes
which the historian tries to trace. Little has yet
been done in this direction, for the view which has
just been stated did not ripen in my mind till my
travelling had ended, for a time at least; and the
generalisations, which are embodied and discussed
in my book on the Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia,
grew in my mind during subsequent study. You
can often trace, within one district, a Christian town
That the change of religion took place in Phrygia
and Pisidia, not at the movement of the Turkish
conquest, but by gradual steps in the following
period, is shown by the fact that we can often trace
the existence of a Christian and a Mohammedan
town side by side in a district which is now purely
Mohammedan. So, for example, at five miles' dis-
tance from each other we find the Seljuk town
Karamanli, "the men of Karaman " (a noted chief),
and the Christian Tefeni, the town of Saint Stephen,
and at one mile from each other Scljukler (the
Seljuks) and Sivasli (the men of the Christian
Sebaste). At the present day all are alike Moslem
and Osmanli, and have been so for centuries ; but
the names arose when the old Christians and the
new Turks lived side by side, yet distinct, in the
same valley.
From this point of view, every valley in Phrygia
is a study in ethnology and in religious history,
where names are the chief evidence of the changes
which the historian tries to trace. Little has yet
been done in this direction, for the view which has
just been stated did not ripen in my mind till my
travelling had ended, for a time at least; and the
generalisations, which are embodied and discussed
in my book on the Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia,
grew in my mind during subsequent study. You
can often trace, within one district, a Christian town