In 1593, John Sanderson compiled a list from information given to him locally to show the population of Istanbul, which arrived at a total of 1,231,207 inhabitants, but what is really interesting about this list is how the census is framed:
Viziers (I say Viseroys) ....................................................................................... 6
Muftie ................................................................................................................. 1
Women and children of all sorts, christians, Jues, turks, etc .................... 600,000
