Letter from Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha to Emperor Maximilian II, Constantinople, 12-21 March 1567 Großwesir Sokollu Mehmed Pascha an Kaiser Maximilian II., Konstantinopel, 12. bis 21. März 1567 Vezir-i Azam Sokollu Mehmed Paşa’nın İmparator II. Maximilian’a mektubu, Kostantiniyye, 12-21 Mart 1567. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Edition Nilab Saeedi Michael Vogelsberger Yasir Yılmaz Datenmodellierung data modeling Jakob Sonnberger Stephan Kurz Korrektur der lat. Transkription Proofreading of Latin transcription Patrik Paštrnák Korrektur der osmanischen Transkription Proofreading of Ottoman transcription Ercan Akyol Korrektur der eng. Transkription Proofreading of English translation Samuel Huckleberry Austrian Science Fund Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung https://ror.org/013tf3c58 https://d-nb.info/gnd/2054142-9 P36216 10.55776/P36216
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 o:graviz.smp.l.15670312 The Ottoman Grand Vizierate 1560s to 1760s GraViz: Das osmanische Großwesirat (1560-1760) Projektleitung project lead Yasir Yılmaz Digitale Edition von Quellen zur habsburgisch-osmanischen Diplomatie 1500–1918 Digital Scholarly Edition of Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomatic Sources 1500–1918 Habsburg-Osmanlı Diplomasisi Kaynakları Dijital Edisyonu 1500–1918 Projektleitung project lead Arno Strohmeyer AT-OeStA/HHStA Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv AT-OeStA/HHStA UR TUK 117 R 1 page/s

partly in Türkische Urkunden (outside boxes) 4, partly in Türkische Urkunden 1; One page seems to be missing with one of the German copies, not certain, whether German copy is not actually for sultan

Latin (TUK 1; pp. 21-22)

 Petritsch, Ernst: Regesten der Osmanischen Dokumente im Österreichischen Staatsarchiv, Bd.1 1480-1574, Wien 1991 (=Mitteilungen des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs Ergänzungsband 10/1)

The letter is addressed to Maximilian II. It acknowledges the receipt of a cordial letter and goods from Maximilian, confirming the mutual friendship between the two courts. The letter from Maximilian was presented to the throne of the Ottoman sultan and emphasized the importance of the friendship and the thoughtful treatment of the matters discussed.

 Sokollu Mehmed Pasha 974.09.1-10 1567.03.12-21 Constantinople Maximilian II. Ottoman Turkish Latin English truce peace friendship court goods

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 GraViz: Das osmanische Großwesirat (1560-1760) Letters Letters from the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1565-1579) period Online Edition von Quellen zur habsburgisch-osmanischen Diplomatie (1500-1918)

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İmperyü vilāyetlerinüñ ve Romānyanlaruñ Çeh ve Alāmān vilāyetlerinüñ imparādorı ve ḳrālı Maksimilyān ḥażretleri ḫutimet ʿavāḳibühū bi’l-ḫayr taḥiyyāt-ı-muḥaṣṣanat-engīz ve teslīmāt-ı muṣādaḳat- āmīz iblāġından ṣoñra inhā-yı muḫliṣāne budur ki devletlü ve saʿādetlü İslām pādişāhı ṣāḥib-ḳırān ḥażretlerinüñ südde-yi saʿādet-āşiyānları ve dostluġına müteʿalliḳ bu ṭarafa mektūb-ı merġūb irsāl olınmış her ne kim işʿār ḳılınmış ise bi’t tamām olub dostluḳ bābında olan mültemisāna muvāfıḳ-ı hüsn-i tebdīr ve yümn-i taʿbīrle muḳārin ḳılub mümkün olduġı üzere pāye-i serīr-i ʿalāya ʿarż u inhā ḳılınub ṣāḥib-ḳırān veʿaẓīmü’ş-şān pādişāh-ı cihān ḥażretlerinden nāme-i hümāyūnları alıvirilüb gönderilmekde maḳdūrımuz dirīġ eylemedük ammā şimdiye dek südde-i saʿādete dostluḳ ṭalebinde olub ol murāda vāṣıl olanlar dostluḳ bünyānınuñ istiḥkām bulmasına mebdeʾ-i fesād olan yerlerden geçüb maḳdūrların ṣarf eylemişlerdür eyle olsa ol bābda sizler daḫı dostluḳ ṭalebi içün sāʾir selāṭīn itdügi üslūb-i merġūb üzere saʿy-ı maṭlūb iderseñüz ümīzdür ki dostluḳ ʿaḳdına sāʿī olan ḫayır-ẖᵛāhlara her maṣlaḥat ḳolay gelüb olan ḳarībede ceng ü daġdaġa muṣāfāta tebdīl olub ʿāmmeʾ-i dostlar içinde vuḳūʿndan ferḥān çiçekleri açılub ḫandān ola bāḳī ne dinilmek lāzımdur ʿilm-i şerīfleri muḥīṭ olmaya
Serenissimo et potentissimo principi domino domino Maximiliano divina favente clementia Romanorum imperii Germanorum, Bohemiae etc. imperatore et rege dignissimo, salutem, omnis boni felicitatis et prosperitatis continuum incrementum.

M.ti V.rae serenissimae notum facimus, qualiter M. V. serenissima ad potentissimum imperatorem nostrum totius mundi monarcham propter bonam et sanctam amicitiam noviter concludendi litteras misistis, ea quaecunque M. V. scripsit et nunciavit, omnia clare intelleximus, totaque faventer ea quae ad amicitiam attinent potentissimo imperatori declaravimus: Itentidem apud eiusdem caesaream M.tem tantum procuravimus, ut potentissimus imperator monarcha ad s. M.tem V.ram amicabiliter litteras expedivit, et potentissimus imperator ea quaecunque ad dignitatem imperatoriam monarcham attinent pro constantia sancta amicitia sua caesareae M.ti nihil deficiet, immo benigniter concluderit, similiter M. V. facere operam prestat, et malefactores sub iurisdictione vestra abiicere, nec non aliquos locos destruere, ne malefactores et depredatores ibidem manere possent M. V. studium adhibeat, quoniam multi principes nisi propter firmam et constantem amicitiam de suis possessionibus nonnullos locos destruxerunt et amiserunt, similiter et M. V. serenissima modo faciet, itaque nullibi depredatores ad manendum locum habeant, et M. V. serenissima propter sanctam amicitiam huiusmodi locos deserte dimittat speramus ut sancta amicitia apud potentissimum imperatorem monarcham perficiamus. M. V. S. feliciter valere optamus.

Datum Constantinopoli nona die sancti Ieiunii nostri potentissimi et invictissimi imperatori solthan Selim totius mundi monarchi Dei gratia supremus consiliarius et locumtenens. Mehemeht Passa interpres Machmuth

(1567 III 12-21) Exemplum litterarum Mehmetis Passae supremi vezirii principis Turcharum ad s. caes. M.tem de 9. die Ieiunii in mense Martio 1567

The emperor and king of the imperial provinces and of the Roman, Czech, and German provinces, his excellency Maximilian – may his days end propitiously. After conveying our friendship to you, the reason for writing this genuine letter is as follows: we have received your letter that expresses your friendship to the fortunate and felicitous sultan, who is the lord of the fortunate conjunction. All the contents of your letter have been accepted. As a sign of our friendship, we have interpreted your letter most moderately and appropriately and presented it to the sultan’s throne’s foot with the utmost respect. Similarly, we have made every effort to receive the imperial letter from our esteemed sultan – the lord of the fortunate conjunction and ruler of the earth – and to send it to you. Those who have previously sought friendship with the felicitous court and achieved their goal have endured considerable difficulties and exerted their utmost efforts to strengthen this friendship. Considering this: if you also demonstrate a favorable effort in the way that other rulers have done to establish friendship, it is hoped that all well-wishers working for friendship will find their endeavors facilitated. It is anticipated that mutual sincere friendship will soon replace all conflicts and irritating affairs, allowing joyful blossoms to flourish among friends and bringing cheer to all places. What more needs to be said? [That may] remain beyond the bounds of your noble knowledge