GraViz: Das osmanische Großwesirat (1560-1760)

.İftiḫārü’l ümerāi’l-ʿiẓāmi’l-ʿīseviyye muḫtāru’l-küberāi’l-fiḫāmi fīʾl-milleti’l mesīḥiyye muṣliḥü meṣāliḥi cemāhīri’t-ṭāifeti’n-naṣrāniyye ṣāḥibü eẕyāli ḥüsn ve-l veḳār ṣāḥibü delāyili’l-mecdi ve’l-iftiḫār Beç ḳrālı ve Romānīler imparādorı
. Maksimilyānūş Ḳrāl ḫutimet ʿāḳibetühū bi’l-ḫayr mā-beynde olan ʿizzetlü ve ḥürmetlü dostluġa ve ḳoñşıluġa ve imparaṭorluġuñuza lāyıḳ ve sezā-vār olan envāʿ duʿālar ve s̱enālar taḳdīm olınduḳdan ṣoñra
.inhā-ı muḥibbāne oldur ki ḥālā bu cānibe vārid olan mektūb-ı muḫāliṣet-üslūbuñuzda saʿādetlü pādişāh-ı rubʿ-ı meskūn ḥażretlerinüñ rıżā-yı hümāyūnlarına ve mā-beynde münʿaḳid olan ṣulḥ u ṣalāḥa muḫālif evżā‘a
.irtikāb olınmayub ve Erdel ve Leh vilāyetleri ṭarafına daḫı ʿasker ḥareket itdirülmeyüb ṣulḥ u ṣalāḥuñ geregi gibi riʿāyet ve ḥimāyetine müteḳayyid ve mā-beynde maʿhūd olan dostluḳ virgüsün ʿan-ḳarīb irsāl
5 itmek üzere olduġuñuzı işrāb ü işʿār itmişsüz ḥaḳіḳat-ı ḥāl imparadorluġuñuzdan ẓuhūr idecek vażʿ daḫı degil idi maʿlūm-ı şerīfiñüzdür ki vilāyet-i Erdel saʿādetlü-pādişāhımuzuñ
.ābāʾ-yı kirām ve ecdād-ı ʿiẓāmlarınuñ ḳuvvet-i ḳāhireleriyle fetḥ olınmış ve vilāyet-i Leh ahālisi daḫı sāye-i saʿādet ve kenef-i ḥimāyetlerinde āsūde-ḥāl ve düşmenleri ṭarafından fāriġü’l-bāl olub
.ḥıfẓ u ḥirāsetleri sebebi ile maʿmūr olmış vilāyet olub begleri ve ʿayānı ʿatebe-i cihān-bānīnüñ sāʾir begleri mes̱ābesindedür bu taḳdіrce ḫāricden ol vilāyete daḫl olınduġına
.rıżā-yı hümāyūnları olmaduġı muḳarrerdür ve mektūb-ı merġūbuñuzda bu cānibde bir ḥālet-i zā’ide ve ḥareket yoġken memālіk-i maḥrūse serḥaddlerinde cemʿiyyet olunmaġa bāʿis̱ nedür diyü işāret olınmış
.Ḥużūr-ı mevfūr içün ḫafī ve mestūr olmaya ki Nemçe ʿaskeri ḥareket üzere olub Erdelüzerine müstevlī olmaḳ iḥtimālі vardur diyü ʿarż ü iʿlām olunmaġla defʿ-i mażarrat ve ḥırāset-i memleket içün
10 cemʿiyyet olunmaḳ emr olınmışdı ṣoñra ol cānibde ḥareket olmaduġı tamām maʿlūm olmaġın daḫı ḥażretiñüzüñ mektūbı gelmeden Budūn muḥāfaẓasında olan Vezīr Muṣṭafā Paşa ḥażretlerine ve Tımışvār beglerbegine
.ve Bosna Sancaġıbegi Ferhād Bege ve sāʾir serḥadde olan ümerāya cemʿiyyeti ṭaġıdub mādām-ki ol cānibden ṣulḥe muḫālif bir vażʿ ṣudūr itmeye sizüñ ṭarafuñuzdan daḫı ahde muġāyir evẓāʿ ṣudūrından
.geregi gibi ḥazer idesüz diyü esās-ı ṣulḥ u ṣalāhın temhīrine müteʿalliḳ envāʿ-ı tenbīh ü teʾkīd olınub her birine müstaḳıllen müʾekked ḥükm-i şerīf gönderilmişdür mādāmki sizüñ cānibiñizden şerāʿiṭ-i ʿahd ü emān
.riʿāyet olına bu ṭarafdan daḫı iḥtimāmı riʿāyet olınmaḳ muḳarrerdür lākin sizüñ ṭarafıñuzdan eks̱er zamānda ʿahde muḫālif vażʿ ṣudūrı ḫālī degildür cümleden Klis serḥaddında Sek nām ḳalʿañuzda olan
.ʿasker gendü ḥālinde olmayub eṭrāfında olan ehl-i fesād ol ḳalʿaya varub taḥaṣṣun idüb andan Klis serḥaddında olan memālіk-i pādişāhīde olan ḳarye ahālīsün ġāret ü ḫasāretden
15 ve esīr almaḳdan ḫālī olmayub ḫuṣūṣā memālіk-i maḥrūse reʿāyāsından ve ahālisinden ve deryāda Firenge esīr olanlar behālarıyla Firengden çıḳub Venedikden eger ḳara ve eger deryā ile berü ṭarafa teveccüh idüb
.ḳalʿa-ı Sek yanına geldükleri gibi Sekde olan ehl-i fesād evvel ḫalāṣ olmış kimesneleri ṭutub tekrār esīr [idüb] ve behāya kesüb bu maḳūle teʿaddīlerinden şikāyete gelmiş esīrlerüñ nihāyeti yoḳdur ḥattā
.bu defʿa daḫı bu maḳūle muslümānuñ biri dīvān-ı hümāyūna gelüb ṣandāl ile ẕikr olınan Sek nām ḳalʿañuz yanına uġraduḳlarında Sekde olan żābiṭiñüz baʿżı ehl-i fesādı gönderüb ol müslümānı
.ṭutub esīr ü ḥabs idüb baʿdehū Ḳanije nām ḳalʿañuza gönderüb anda küllī behāya kestirdüklerinde ol ṭutsaḳ daḫı Venedikde beni bilür müslümān bāzergānlar vardur behāmı anlar virürler diyü
.bu ṭarīḳle gendüyi Venedike illetdürüb Venedike varduḳda Doja varub ẕikr olınan ḳalʿañuzuñ ehl-i fesādı gendüyi deryāda alduḳların bildirmegin Doj ol müslīmānı ṣalıvirüb
20 ḥattā İstanbulda divān-ı ʿālīye gelüb bu vechle şikāyet itdügin bunda olan ilçiñüze daḫı gönderilüb ʿahde muḫālif olan ol ḳalʿañuz żābiṭinüñ ahvāli mufaṣṣalan bildirüb
. ilçiñüz daḫı size iʿlām idecek olmışdur imdi ol ḳalʿañuzda żābiṭ olan kimesnenüñ ʿahde muḫālif vażʿı ve ehl-i İslām ṭutsaḳlarına ve reʿāyāsına olan ġāret ü ḫasāreti
.ḥadd-ı tevātura irişüb bir vechle s̱übūta ihtiyāc ḳalmamışdur elbette bināʾ-i ṣulḥ u ṣalāḥuñ istiḥkām ü üstüvārı maḳṣūduñuzı yā ol Sek ḳalʿasın hedm idüb veyā içinde bil’fiʿil
. żābiṭ olan yolsuzuñ ḥaḳḳından gelüb ṣulḥ u ṣalāḥuñ ḥużūr ü refāhiyyetin bilür bir müstaḳīm kimesneyi ol ḳalʿa żābṭına taʿyіn idesiz ve illā ṣulḥ ü emānuñ tezelzülüne evvelā ol ḳalʿanuñ
.içinde olanlar sebeb olub bu cānibden hedm itdürilmesi muḳarrerdür aña göre ḳrallıġıñuza ve ṣulḥ u ṣalāḥa lāyıḳ olanı ẓuhūra getürüb ʿahd ü emānı riʿāyet ü ḥimāyetde daḳīḳa fevt
25 itmeyesiz mā-beynde maʿhūd olan virgüñüzi daḫı tevaḳḳuf itdirmeyüb vaḳtı ile irsāl eyleyesiz taḥrīren fī evāsıṭ-ı māh-ı ṣafer’ü’l-muẓaffer sene rābiʿ ve ѕemānīn ve tisʿa-miʾye
.Be-maḳām-ı Ḳosṭanṭiniyye el-maḥmiyye ʿafāullāhu teʿālā ʿan külli’l-belīd

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Laudable pride of the great commanders of Christendom, the elite of the illustrious magnates in the community of the Messiah, arbiter of the universal affairs of the community of the Nazarene, possessor of the trains of majesty and glory, possessor of manifestation of splendor and laudable pride, king of Vienna and emperor of the Romans, King Maximilian, may he end his days propitiously. Following the presentation of many prayers and praises that are worthy of your empire and the honorable and venerable friendship and neighborliness between us, here is the friendly communication: In your sincere letter, you declared that you have not instigated any action contrary to the noble consent of His Majesty, the prosperous Ruler of the inhabited quarters of the world, nor have you disturbed the peace and amity established between us. Furthermore,you assured us that no troops have marched on to the provinces of Transylvania and Poland and [you also declared] your commitment to upholding and preserving the peace and amity properly and that you are about to send the tax of friendship agreed upon among us. The truth of the matter is that such a situation was not expected from your empire. Your nobility knows that the province of Transylvania is conquered by the overwhelming strength of our prosperous Ruler’s noble forefathers and great ancestors and, under his shadow of prosperity and protection, the people of the province of Poland live in tranquility and carefree from their enemies. It is a province that flourished by his protection. The lords (begs) and notables of that province are peers to other beys under his threshold of sovereignty. Thus, it is certain that he will not give his noble consent to interventions to that province from outside. In your desirable letter, you asked about the mobilization of troops along the frontiers of the well-protected dominions when there are no developments or movements on your side. It shall not remain hidden or a secret to your majesty, it was reported to us that the Nemçe(Habsburg) troops were on the move and likely they could march on to Transylvania. Therefore, an order was issued for mobilization to ward off mischievousness and to protect the country. Then, it became completely clear that there was no movement on your side. Upon that, before your current letter arrived – for the strengthening of the pillars of peace and amity – numerous warnings and reiterations have been sent to His Majesty Vizier Mustafa Pasha, the commander of Buda; to the Governor General(beyler-bey) of Timişoara; to Ferhad Beg, the Provincial Governor (sanjak-bey)ofBosnia; and to the commanders along the frontier to dismiss the troops and to properly avoid causing any situation in violation of the treaty, unless there was a situation on your side that violated the peace. A firm noble decree was dispatched to each of them independently. It is certain that if the conditions of peace and treaty are observed on your side, they will be cared and observed by us. However, giving rise to occurrences on your side contrary to the treaty does not stop. For instance, the troops deployed at the Senj Fortress do not stay calm. The mischievous around the fortress take refuge there and, from there, plunder and harm the villagers dwelling in the lands of the sultan around the Klis frontier and take captives. Especially, the non-Muslim subjects and inhabitants of the well-protected domains who are taken to Frankish lands as captives are released by paying their fees and come back to the Senj Fortress over Venice, either through land or sea. The mischievous at Senj enslave the newly released captives one more time and set a price for them. There is no end to the captives who submitted such complaints. In a recent incident, one such Muslim captive presented his case to the imperial council. He [reported that] when he approached on rowboat to the area of the Fortress of Senj with a group, your commander at Senj sent some mischevious men who captured and enslaved that Muslim. He was then taken to the fortress of Nagykanizsa, where a price was set [for his release]. The captive Muslim told them: “There are merchants in Venice who know me; they will pay my ransom.” Consequently, he transferred himself to Venice. When he arrived there, he went to the Doge and reported that some mischievous men from the aforesaid Senj fortress of yours had captured him from the sea. Thereupon, the Doge released that Muslim. He eventually made his way to Constantinople [and] submitted his complaint to the imperial council. That Muslim has been also sent to your envoy situated here and reported in detail what the commander of your fortress [Senj] has been doing. Your envoy is about to report the case to you. Now, the deeds of the commander in your fortress [Senj] and the plunder and damage caused by him on Muslim captives and subjects in violation of the treaty is known by everyone. No proof is required anymore. To show your desire to strengthen and reinforce the structure of peace and amity, either demolish the Senj Fortress or punish the corrupt commander in it and appoint as the commander of that fortress[Senj] an upright man who appreciates peace and amity as well as tranquility and welfare. Those who are in that fortress first instigated the trembling of peace and security; for us it must be demolished. Accordingly, you shall realize what is worthy of peace and amity and not waste a single minute in observing and protecting the peace and treaty. You shall not delay the tax that was agreed between us and send it in a timely manner. Written in the second third of the month of Safar the victorious, in the year nine hundred and eighty-four. At the abode of the protected city of Constantinople. May God protect from all evil.