Mehmet Efendi

Japanese: Mehmet Efendi(英語表記)MehmetEfendi
Mehmet Efendi

…After 1648, he traveled around Cairo, Istanbul, Jerusalem, and Thessaloniki to preach religious reform, and in 1665, in Izmir, he proclaimed himself the Messiah. His movement, which was linked to Jewish ideas of the chosen people and eschatology, spread widely to Europe, but after his arrest by the Ottoman authorities, he converted to Islam and took the name Mehmet Efendi. Many of his supporters defected from him, but some continued their Sabbatean movement while pretending to have converted. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Mehmet Efendi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1648年以後,カイロ,イスタンブール,エルサレム,テッサロニキを遍歴して宗教改革を説き,65年,イズミルでみずからメシアであることを宣言。彼の運動はユダヤ教徒の選民思想・終末観と結びついて,広くヨーロッパにまで拡大したが,彼はオスマン帝国当局により逮捕されたのち,イスラムに改宗しメフメト・エフェンディMehmet Efendiを名のった。支持者の多くはこれにより離反したが,一部の者は改宗を装いつつサバタイ派の運動をつづけた。…

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