Private letter from an Ottoman official, addressed to the Habsburg Grand Ambassador Graf Wolfgang IV zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, n.p., n.d., (ca. early 1701) Privater Brief eines osmanischen Beamten, adressiert an den habsburgischen Großbotschafter Graf Wolfgang IV. zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, o.O., o.D., (ca. Anfang 1701) Bir Osmanlı memurunun, Habsburg Büyükelçisi Kont IV. Wolfgang Oettingen-Wallerstein’a hitaben yazdığı özel mektubu, b.y., ts., (1701 başları) Mehmed, Chief of the Crane-keepers Edition Yasir Yılmaz Rana Bayram Hakan Engin Übersetzung Translation Yasir Yılmaz Datenmodellierung data modeling Jakob Sonnberger Stephan Kurz Dimitra Grigoriou Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies Institut für Digitale Geisteswissenschaften, Universität Graz GAMS – Geisteswissenschaftliches Asset Management System Vienna 2026 Metadata in //teiHeader (except //abstract) is under public domain CC0. Abstracts, transcriptions and annotations in //abstract and //text are licensed under the terms of the Creative-Commons-License CC BY 4.0

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 o:owip.l.osm.N89.1 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 The Grand Embassies of Wolfgang IV zu Oettingen-Wallerstein and Elçi İbrahim Paşa (1699–1701) Die Großbotschaften Wolfgang IV. zu Oettingen-Wallersteins und Elçi İbrahim Paşas (1699–1701) hg. von edited by Arno Strohmeyer Laila Dandachi Dimitra Grigoriou Stephan Kurz Manuela Mayer Yasir Yılmaz Fürstlich Oettingen-Wallersteinsches Archiv Harburg (FOWAH) Nachlass Wolfgang IV. VII. 7.12a, Nr. 89, fol. 1

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 circa early 1701

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Privater Brief eines osmanischen Beamten, adressiert an den habsburgischen Großbotschafter Graf Wolfgang IV. zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, o.O., o.D., (ca. Anfang 1701), bearb. von Yasir Yılmaz and Rana Bayram, Datenmodellierung: Jakob Sonnberger, Stephan Kurz, in: Die Großbotschaften Wolfgangs IV. von Oettingen-Wallerstein und Elçi İbrahim Paschas (1699–1701), hg. von Arno Strohmeyer und Stephan Kurz (Digitale Edition von Quellen zur habsburgisch-osmanischen Diplomatie 1500-1918, hg. von Arno Strohmeyer, Projekt 7), Wien 2026.

 Die Großbotschaften Wolfgang IV. zu Oettingen-Wallersteins und Elçi İbrahim Paşas (1699–1701) Letters Online Edition von Quellen zur habsburgisch-osmanischen Diplomatie (1500-1918)

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 An undated private letter from around ca. early 1701, written by an Ottoman official and addressed to Habsburg Grand Ambassador Graf Wolfgang IV von Oettingen-Wallerstein. The letter contains additional two passages, one addressed to an unnamed interpreter, requesting the purchase of fox fur from Vienna and its dispatch back to the Ottoman Empire, and the second expressing greetings to a Graf Sintzendorff. Serturnacı Mehmed Agha, Chief of the Crane-keepers c. early 1701 anon Wolfgang IV Oettingen-Wallerstein c. early 1701 anon Osmanisches Türkisch English correspondence friendship gift Habsburg grand ambassador noble (member of aristocracy) prisoners of war
İn-şāa’llāhu teʿālā bu mektūb maḥabbetlü dostumuz büyük ilçi bege vāṣıl ola Meveddetlü ve maḥabbetlü ḳadīmī dostumuz ilçi beg ḥużūrlarına dürer-i selām-ı selāmet itḥāfı iblāġıyla ḥāl ḫātırlarıñ suʾāl olunur eyüler ve ḫoşlar mısız dāimā dostluḳda ber-ḳarār olasız ṭaraf-ı aḥvālimüzden suʾāl olunur ise bi-ḥamdi’llāhi teʿālā vücūdumuz niʿam-ı sıḥḥat ü selāmet üzere mevcūd bilesiz fī-mā-baʿdehu benüm maḥabbetlü dostum ilçi beg ḥālā bu ṭarafda olan saʿādetlü Ḥüseyin Paşa ḥażretlerine ḫaber geldi ki bizüm esīrlerimüzden bir miḳdārı tarafıñuza gelmiş ve sizüñ esīrleriñüz daḫı ḳış güninde bu ṭarafda zaḥmet çekmesün gerek bizüm ve gerek sizüñ mezbūrlara yazıḳdur mektūbumuz vuṣūlünde içerüden her ne ḳadar esīrimüz geldi ise bu ṭarafa gönderüb mübādele idelüm soñra daḫı geldükce mübādele iderüz esīrlerimüz ḳış güninde zaḥmet çekmeyeler bizüm bayrakdar yediyle irsāl olunan mektūbıñuz gelüb vuṣūl bulmuşdur dünyālar ḥaẓẓ eyledük bu ṭarafa gelür ādemiñüz ile mektūbuñuzı eksik eyleyemesüz El-ḥakīr Serṭurnacı Mehemmed
Vīḳonuñ oġlanı ile sipāriş eyledigiñüz Bosna ṭabaḳları olçiñüz ilçiñüz ile aldırub irsāl olunmışdur ve dostumuz küçük-ilçi Ġrūf Tsintsendore ḫaṭırları suʾāl olunur ve cümle begzādeleriñ daḫı ḫaṭırları suʾāl olunur mektūbuñuzı eksik eylemeyesüz memnūn oluruz
Ve maḥabbetlü ve meveddetlü dostumuz tercümān bege dürer-i selām iblāġından sonra ḫaṭırları suʾāl olunur benüm meveddetlü dostum tercümān beg in-şāa’llāhu teʿālā Bec ḳalʿasına dāḫıl olduġınuzda bizüm içün üçyüz ʿaded tilki boġazı kürk ziyādesiyle beyāż olsun ve ḳaba tüyli olsun bir maʿḳūl behāsıyla alıvirüb bu ṭarafa gelür ādemiñüz ile irsāl eyleyesün aḳcesin virürüz ammā ziyāde beyāż ola ve ḳaba tüyli ola ihmāl itmeyesün ve ve çaġşırlıḳ içün ḳırmızı aṣlāḥ dört arşun çuḳa daḫı alıviresün ve dört arşun daḫı yeşil çuḳa ziyādesiyle aṣlāḥ olsun alıvirüb irsāl eyleyesün
P.A. Wolfgang IV. No: 89
Gowilling, may this letter reach to our dear friend, the grand ambassador.
To our esteemed, affectionate, and long-standing friend, the ambassador, after presenting the pearls of our greetings of peace and well-being, we inquire about your health and well-being: Are you in good spirits? May you always remain steadfast in friendship. If you inquire about our condition, praise be to God Almighty, you may know that we remain in the blessing of health and safety. My esteemed and affectionate friend, the ambassador: News has reached the felicitous Hüseyin Pasha, who is presently here by our side, that a number of our captives have arrived to you. It would be unfortunate for both our captives [who will travel to us in our direction] and yours [who will travel in your direction] to endure hardships while traveling during the winter season. Upon the arrival of this letter, kindly send to us all of our captives who have reached to you so that we may proceed with their exchange. Thereafter, as additional captives arrive, we shall continue to exchange them accordingly. We wish to prevent our captives from suffering hardship in the winter. The letter that you sent through our standard-bearer has reached us and has been duly received, bringing us immense joy. We urge you not to neglect sending your letters through your envoys who travel to our direction. Chief of the Crane-keepers Mehmed, the poor servant
The Bosnian plates, which you ordered through your envoy, have been collected and sent with .... The esteemed resident ambassador, Graf Zinzendorf, is inquired about his well-being; we inquire also about the well-being of all the nobles. Please do not neglect to send your letters. We would be most pleased.
Our esteemed and affectionate friend, the interpreter: After conveying the pearls of our greetings, we inquire about your well-being. My dear and devoted friend, the translator: God willing, when you enter the fortress of Vienna, please procure for us three hundred fox fur collars (tilki boġazı kürk). The furs should be especially white and fluffy. Purchase them for a reasonable price and send them with one of your men traveling to this side. We will pay for them. However, be sure that they are exceptionally white and fluffy; do not neglect this matter. Additionally, for trousers (çaḳşır), please obtain finest red fabric, four arşın [a measure of length, close to a yard] in length, or, if possible, even more. However, if only four arşın is available, that will suffice. Let it be of the finest quality, and once purchased, send it to us.