Bally Family

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has abstract: Romanian Sephardic bankers from the Ottoman Empire; descendants included scholars, educators, and writers. Celebi Mentes Bally, a banker from Constantinople, supported the Greek aristocrat Neculai Mavrocordat in becoming the ruler of Walachia. Mavrocordat then brought Bally with him to Bucharest and, in 1715, granted him the title of grand vizier. From 1730, Bally was the founder and leader of the first Sephardic Jewish community in Walachia. His descendants also held privileged positions as bankers and advisers to the Phanariot princes who took the throne of Walachia. @en
title: Bally Family
skos:altLabel: Davicion Bally
skos:prefLabel: Bally Family
skos:related: Banking
skos:related: Barasch, Iuliu
skos:related: Bucharest
skos:related: Egalitatea
skos:related: Haskalah
skos:related: Passover
skos:related: Romania
skos:related: Seminary
skos:related: Walachia