The inhabitants of Crete under the Venetians were estimated at about 250.000 souls. After the Turkish conquest the population was for a time greatly reduced. but afterwards gradually rose until it was supposed again to have attained 260. 000 at the time of the Greek outbreak in 1821. of whom about onehalf were Moham-. medans. The ravages of the war from 1821 to 1830. and the immigration that followed. produced a great diminution. and the population of the island was estimated in 1836 at about 130.000. The island. it is estimated. now contains about 200.000 inhabitants in all. of.whom less than 40.000 are M1ohammedans. It must be observed that very few of these are Turks. the Mussulman population being almost entirely of native Cretan origin.
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