Entstehungsdatum
9. April 1624
Absendeort
Konstantinopel nach Wien
Sender
Johann Jakob Kurtz von Senftenau
Empfänger
Ferdinand II.
Archiv
ÖStA, HHStA Wien
Staatenabteilungen, Türkei I
Kt. 109, Kv. 2, fol. 123r-126v
Beilagen:
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Edition  
Aneliya Stoyanova, Zsuzsanna Cziráki, Manuela Mayer
Datenmodellierung 
Stephan Kurz, Jakob Sonnberger, Dimitra Grogoriou
hg. von 
Aneliya Stoyanova, Zsuzsanna Cziráki, Manuela Mayer, Stephan Kurz, Jakob Sonnberger
Lizenz
Creative Commons BY 4.0
Abstract
The promised bill of exchange has still not arrived, although Kurtz is strapped for cash due to terrible inflation and the gifts for the fast-changing dignitaries at the Porte. Grand vizier Kemankeş Ali was executed by order of the sultan, and Çerkez Mehmed received the position. As he is about to leave for the front, the most important man at the Porte will be the new kaymakam, both of whom will have to be gifted. He wants to leave urgently, without money his activities in Constantinople are completely impossible. He requests that a trustworthy person with the necessary money shall be sent to him from Vienna. Since the Ottomans will not let him leave the city, he asks for more information about the actions of the Ottoman troops and Gábor Bethlen. Kurtz asks the emperor to urge his departure from Constantinople. Since his last letter, Bethlen has sent an envoy to the sultan, citing Ferdinand II’s preparations against him and the Ottomans, which Kurtz officially denies. The Porte could not risk war with the emperor because of the rebel Abaza Hasan, the Persian front and the incursions of the Cossacks. PS. The bill of exchange of 10,000 ducats sent to him by Hieronymus Bonacina through Venetian merchants has not been cashed by anyone in Constantinople, he urges money in cash and appropriate punishment for those responsible.
Schlagwörter
Aulic Chamber, border, Cossacks, diplomatic gifts, finances, grand vizier, internuntius, kaymakam, merchants, Persia, prince of Transylvania, revolt, Sublime Porte, Transylvanian envoy, Venice
Zitiervorschlag
Johann Jakob Kurtz von Senftenau an Ferdinand II., Konstantinopel, 9. April 1624, dechiffrierte Abschrift, Edition: Aneliya Stoyanova, Zsuzsanna Cziráki, Manuela Mayer, Datenmodellierung: Stephan Kurz, Jakob Sonnberger, Dimitra Grogoriou, in: Die Gesandtschaft des Johann Jakob Kurtz von Senftenau (1623–1624), hg. von: Aneliya Stoyanova, Zsuzsanna Cziráki, Manuela Mayer, Stephan Kurz, Jakob Sonnberger (Digitale Edition von Quellen zur habsburgisch-osmanischen Diplomatie 1500–1918, hg. von Arno Strohmeyer, Projekt 4), Wien 2024.
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