[1]
İn-şāa’llāhu teʿālā bu mektūb maḥabbetlü dostumuz büyük ilçi× bege vāṣıl ola [2]
.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
5 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]Vīḳonuñ oġlanı ile sipāriş
. eyledigiñüz Bosna ṭabaḳları olçiñüz ilçiñüz ile aldırub
10 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
15 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
20 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
25 ve dört arşun daḫı yeşil çuḳa
. ziyādesiyle aṣlāḥ olsun alıvirüb
. irsāl eyleyesün
[3] P.A. Wolfgang IV. No: 89

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[1] Gowilling, may this letter reach to our dear friend, the grand ambassador.× [2]
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. [3] 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.
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