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.İftiḫārü’l-ümerāʾi’l-ʿiẓāmi’l-ʿĪseviyye, muḫtārü’l-küberāʾi’l-fiḫāmi’l-mesīḥiyye, muṣliḥu maṣāliḥi cemāḥīri’ṭ-ṭāʾifeti’n-Naṣrāniyye,
.sāḥibu eẕyāli’l-ḥaşmet ve’l-veḳār, ṣāḥibu delāʾili’l-mecd ve’l-ịʿtibār ḥālā Roma İmparaṭorı ulu dostumuz
. Ḳārūlūs× ḫatem allahu ʿavāḳıbehū bi’l-ḫayr ve’r-reşād ve elheme ileyhi sebīle’ṣ-ṣavāb ve’s-sedād tevḳīʿ-i refīʿ-i hümāyūn
.vāṣıl olıcaḳ maʿlūm ola ki: Cenāb-ı vācibü’l-vücūd ve müfīż-i vücūd-i her mevcūd tenezzehe ẕātuhu ʿani’t-tenāhī
5 ve’l-ḥudūd ḥażretlerinüñ ʿināyet-i bī-gāyeti ve iki cihān sürūrı ḥabīb-i ḫüdā şefīʿ-i rūz-i cezā
. Muḥammedü’l-Muṣṭafā× ṣallā llāhu ʿaleyhi ve sellem ḥażretlerinüñ muʿcizāt-ı kes̠īretü’l-berekātiyle melceʾ-i şāhān-ı cihān ve melāẕ-ı
.ḫüsrevān-ı ʿālīşān olan dergāh-ı maʿdelet-bünyān ve bārgāh-ı raṣīnü’l-erkānumuza mābeynde ʿaḳd olunan
.ṣulḥ ve ṣalāḥı teʾkīd ve bünyān-ı muṣāfāt ve müsālemeti tarṣīn ü teşyīd içün ṭarafuñuzdan baʿs̠ ve irsāl
.olunan muʿteber ve müsteşāruñuz ve munteḫab ve mümtāz büyük ilçiñiz ḳıdvetu ümerāʾi’l-milleti’l-mesīḥiyye Cenerāl
10 Ġrūf de Virmond× ḫutimet ʿavāḳıbuhu bi’l-ḫayr maḳarr-ı serīr-i salṭanat-ı ʿos̠mānī ve taḫtgāh-ı saʿādet-destgāh-ı
.ciḥānbānī olan maḥmiyye-i Ḳosṭanṭıniyyeye× vuṣūl buldukda muʿtād-ı ḳadīm-i ebā-i bülend-evṣāf ve deʾb-i müstedīm-i
.eslāf-ı saʿādet-ittiṣāfumuz üzere ṣudūr-i iz̠n-i hümāyūn-i şāhāne ve ẓuhūr-ı ruḫṣat-ı ʿināyet maḳrūn-i
.padişāhānemüz ile pīşgāh-ı serīr-i aʿlāmuza cebīn-sā ve rikāb-ı kāmyāb-ı mülūkānemüze teblīġine meʾmūr
.olduġı pīşkeş ve hedāyā ile nāme-i muṣādefet-nümā ve muṣālahat-intimāñuzı iblāġ ve teslīm
15 ve şol ki mā-beynde teʾkīd ve teʾsīs olan dostluḳ ve ḳoñşuluḳ muḳteżāsıdır resm-i ḳadīm üzere
.ke-mā yenbaġī tatmīm eyledükden ṣoñra ayīn-i güzīn-i dūdmān-ı şevket-āşiyān-ı ḫāḳānī ve ̣̣kānūn-ı dīrīn-i
.ḫāndān-ı saʿādet-nişān-ı ʿos̠mānī üzere düstūr-i ekrem, müşīr-i efḫam niẓāmü’l-ʿālem, nāẓımu menāẓımi’l-ümem,
.müdebbirü umūri’l-cumhūr bi’l-fikri’s̠-s̠āḳıb, mütemmimu mehāmmi’l-enām bi’r-reʾyi’ṣ-ṣāʾib, mümehhidu bünyān-ı devlet ve’l-iḳbāl,
.müşeyyidü’l-erkān-ı saʾādet ve’l-iclāl, mükemmilu nāmūsi ’s-saltaneti’l-ʿuẓmā, mürettibu merātibi’l-ḫilāfeti’l-kübrā,
20 el-maḥfūfu bi-sunūfi ʿavāṭıfi’l-meliki’l-aʿlā, vezir-i aʿẓam-ı sütūde-şiyem ve vekīl-i muṭlaḳ-ı ̣̣kaviyyü’l-himem ve dāmād-ı
.muḥteremim İbrāhīm Paşa× edāma llahu teʿālā iclālehū ve żāʿafa bi’t-teʾyīd iḳtidārehu vesāṭetiyle gerek
.nāme-i muḫālaṣat-ʿalāmeñüz terceme-i mef̣hūm-i meveddet-mersūmı ve gerek ilçiñüz-i mūmā ileyhiñ
.dostluḳ teʾyīdine müteʿallıḳ taḳrīrāt-ı ṣadāḳat-mevsūmı bārgāh-ı şevket-penāh-ı ḫüsrevānemüze
.ʿarẓ ve telḫīṣ olunub ḫulūṣ ve meveddetüñüze ʿilm-i cihān-ārāy-ı mülūkānemiz şāmil ve ṭaraf-ı salṭanat-ı
25 seniyyemüzden daḫi muvālāt ve müṣādaḳatuñuza muvāfaḳat olunmaġla dostluḳ ve müsālemet ve
.ḳoñşuluḳ ḥuḳūḳına ṭarafeynden riʿāyet ve ḥürmetüñ ās̠ārı ḥāṣıl olmaġın
.eyyām-ı muṣālaḥa ve hengām-ı müsālemede ebāʾ-ı kirām ve ecdād-ı ʿiẓām-ı ʿālī-maḳāmımızıñ ʿādet-i müstemirre ve
.ḫaṣlet-i müsteḳarreleri olan üslūb-ı merġūb üzere ṭaraf-ı eşref-i ḫüsrevānemizden
.merāsim-i vedād ve vifāḳ ve maʿāḳıd-ı ʿaḥd ve mīs̠āḳ-ı ḳaviyyu’l-vis̠āḳa ke-mā yenbagī mürāʿāt ve żevābıṭ ve
30 revābıṭ-ı muṣālaḥāt ḥıfẓ u ṣıyānet olunmaḳ muḳarrer ve muḥaḳḳaḳdur. Ve ilçiñiz× mūmā ileyh merāsim-i risālet
.ve levāzım-ı sefāreti ḥüsn-i ādāb ile tekmīl ve edā ve ʿavdet ve inṣirāfa iẕn-i hümāyūn-ı pādişāhānemüzi
.istidʿā itmekle tekrār dīvān-ı× şāmihü’l-bünyān-ı ḫüsrevāne ve ḥużūr-ı lāmiʿu’n-nūr-ı mülūkānemüzde
.teşrīfāt-ı muʿtebere-i şāhānemüz ile şeref-yāb ve iḥrāz-ı mufāḫaret ve mübāhāt eyledükden ṣoñra
.ʿaḳd ve teşyīd olunan musāleme ve muvādeʿanun kemāl-i istiḥkām ve istiḳrārını müşʿir
35 nāme-i humāyūn-i şevket-maḳrūnumuz ile ṭarafuñuza munṣarıf ve müteveccih olmışdur. Lede’l-vüṣūl
.nāme-i hümāyunumuzuñ mażmūn-ı meveddet-nişān ve mefḥūm-ı muṣālaḥat-ʿünvānına ʿilmüñüz lāḥıḳ
.olduḳda merāsim-i dostī ve vifāḳ ve revābıṭ-ı ʿahd ve mīs̠āḳ ṭarafuñuzdan daḫi ʿalā vechi’l-etemm
.ve’l-ekmel mürāʿāt olunmaḳ melḥūẓ-ı hümāyūnumuzdur. Ve’s̠-s̠elāmu ʿalā men ittebeʿa’l-ḫüdā.
. Fī evāsıṭı C[emaziyyülevvel] sene [1]132
.İftiḫārü’l-ümerāʾi’l-ʿiẓāmi’l-ʿĪseviyye, muḫtārü’l-küberāʾi’l-fiḫāmi’l-mesīḥiyye, muṣliḥu maṣāliḥi cemāḥīri’ṭ-ṭāʾifeti’n-Naṣrāniyye,
.sāḥibu eẕyāli’l-ḥaşmet ve’l-veḳār, ṣāḥibu delāʾili’l-mecd ve’l-ịʿtibār ḥālā Roma İmparaṭorı ulu dostumuz
. Ḳārūlūs× ḫatem allahu ʿavāḳıbehū bi’l-ḫayr ve’r-reşād ve elheme ileyhi sebīle’ṣ-ṣavāb ve’s-sedād tevḳīʿ-i refīʿ-i hümāyūn
.vāṣıl olıcaḳ maʿlūm ola ki: Cenāb-ı vācibü’l-vücūd ve müfīż-i vücūd-i her mevcūd tenezzehe ẕātuhu ʿani’t-tenāhī
5 ve’l-ḥudūd ḥażretlerinüñ ʿināyet-i bī-gāyeti ve iki cihān sürūrı ḥabīb-i ḫüdā şefīʿ-i rūz-i cezā
. Muḥammedü’l-Muṣṭafā× ṣallā llāhu ʿaleyhi ve sellem ḥażretlerinüñ muʿcizāt-ı kes̠īretü’l-berekātiyle melceʾ-i şāhān-ı cihān ve melāẕ-ı
.ḫüsrevān-ı ʿālīşān olan dergāh-ı maʿdelet-bünyān ve bārgāh-ı raṣīnü’l-erkānumuza mābeynde ʿaḳd olunan
.ṣulḥ ve ṣalāḥı teʾkīd ve bünyān-ı muṣāfāt ve müsālemeti tarṣīn ü teşyīd içün ṭarafuñuzdan baʿs̠ ve irsāl
.olunan muʿteber ve müsteşāruñuz ve munteḫab ve mümtāz büyük ilçiñiz ḳıdvetu ümerāʾi’l-milleti’l-mesīḥiyye Cenerāl
10 Ġrūf de Virmond× ḫutimet ʿavāḳıbuhu bi’l-ḫayr maḳarr-ı serīr-i salṭanat-ı ʿos̠mānī ve taḫtgāh-ı saʿādet-destgāh-ı
.ciḥānbānī olan maḥmiyye-i Ḳosṭanṭıniyyeye× vuṣūl buldukda muʿtād-ı ḳadīm-i ebā-i bülend-evṣāf ve deʾb-i müstedīm-i
.eslāf-ı saʿādet-ittiṣāfumuz üzere ṣudūr-i iz̠n-i hümāyūn-i şāhāne ve ẓuhūr-ı ruḫṣat-ı ʿināyet maḳrūn-i
.padişāhānemüz ile pīşgāh-ı serīr-i aʿlāmuza cebīn-sā ve rikāb-ı kāmyāb-ı mülūkānemüze teblīġine meʾmūr
.olduġı pīşkeş ve hedāyā ile nāme-i muṣādefet-nümā ve muṣālahat-intimāñuzı iblāġ ve teslīm
15 ve şol ki mā-beynde teʾkīd ve teʾsīs olan dostluḳ ve ḳoñşuluḳ muḳteżāsıdır resm-i ḳadīm üzere
.ke-mā yenbaġī tatmīm eyledükden ṣoñra ayīn-i güzīn-i dūdmān-ı şevket-āşiyān-ı ḫāḳānī ve ̣̣kānūn-ı dīrīn-i
.ḫāndān-ı saʿādet-nişān-ı ʿos̠mānī üzere düstūr-i ekrem, müşīr-i efḫam niẓāmü’l-ʿālem, nāẓımu menāẓımi’l-ümem,
.müdebbirü umūri’l-cumhūr bi’l-fikri’s̠-s̠āḳıb, mütemmimu mehāmmi’l-enām bi’r-reʾyi’ṣ-ṣāʾib, mümehhidu bünyān-ı devlet ve’l-iḳbāl,
.müşeyyidü’l-erkān-ı saʾādet ve’l-iclāl, mükemmilu nāmūsi ’s-saltaneti’l-ʿuẓmā, mürettibu merātibi’l-ḫilāfeti’l-kübrā,
20 el-maḥfūfu bi-sunūfi ʿavāṭıfi’l-meliki’l-aʿlā, vezir-i aʿẓam-ı sütūde-şiyem ve vekīl-i muṭlaḳ-ı ̣̣kaviyyü’l-himem ve dāmād-ı
.muḥteremim İbrāhīm Paşa× edāma llahu teʿālā iclālehū ve żāʿafa bi’t-teʾyīd iḳtidārehu vesāṭetiyle gerek
.nāme-i muḫālaṣat-ʿalāmeñüz terceme-i mef̣hūm-i meveddet-mersūmı ve gerek ilçiñüz-i mūmā ileyhiñ
.dostluḳ teʾyīdine müteʿallıḳ taḳrīrāt-ı ṣadāḳat-mevsūmı bārgāh-ı şevket-penāh-ı ḫüsrevānemüze
.ʿarẓ ve telḫīṣ olunub ḫulūṣ ve meveddetüñüze ʿilm-i cihān-ārāy-ı mülūkānemiz şāmil ve ṭaraf-ı salṭanat-ı
25 seniyyemüzden daḫi muvālāt ve müṣādaḳatuñuza muvāfaḳat olunmaġla dostluḳ ve müsālemet ve
.ḳoñşuluḳ ḥuḳūḳına ṭarafeynden riʿāyet ve ḥürmetüñ ās̠ārı ḥāṣıl olmaġın
.eyyām-ı muṣālaḥa ve hengām-ı müsālemede ebāʾ-ı kirām ve ecdād-ı ʿiẓām-ı ʿālī-maḳāmımızıñ ʿādet-i müstemirre ve
.ḫaṣlet-i müsteḳarreleri olan üslūb-ı merġūb üzere ṭaraf-ı eşref-i ḫüsrevānemizden
.merāsim-i vedād ve vifāḳ ve maʿāḳıd-ı ʿaḥd ve mīs̠āḳ-ı ḳaviyyu’l-vis̠āḳa ke-mā yenbagī mürāʿāt ve żevābıṭ ve
30 revābıṭ-ı muṣālaḥāt ḥıfẓ u ṣıyānet olunmaḳ muḳarrer ve muḥaḳḳaḳdur. Ve ilçiñiz× mūmā ileyh merāsim-i risālet
.ve levāzım-ı sefāreti ḥüsn-i ādāb ile tekmīl ve edā ve ʿavdet ve inṣirāfa iẕn-i hümāyūn-ı pādişāhānemüzi
.istidʿā itmekle tekrār dīvān-ı× şāmihü’l-bünyān-ı ḫüsrevāne ve ḥużūr-ı lāmiʿu’n-nūr-ı mülūkānemüzde
.teşrīfāt-ı muʿtebere-i şāhānemüz ile şeref-yāb ve iḥrāz-ı mufāḫaret ve mübāhāt eyledükden ṣoñra
.ʿaḳd ve teşyīd olunan musāleme ve muvādeʿanun kemāl-i istiḥkām ve istiḳrārını müşʿir
35 nāme-i humāyūn-i şevket-maḳrūnumuz ile ṭarafuñuza munṣarıf ve müteveccih olmışdur. Lede’l-vüṣūl
.nāme-i hümāyunumuzuñ mażmūn-ı meveddet-nişān ve mefḥūm-ı muṣālaḥat-ʿünvānına ʿilmüñüz lāḥıḳ
.olduḳda merāsim-i dostī ve vifāḳ ve revābıṭ-ı ʿahd ve mīs̠āḳ ṭarafuñuzdan daḫi ʿalā vechi’l-etemm
.ve’l-ekmel mürāʿāt olunmaḳ melḥūẓ-ı hümāyūnumuzdur. Ve’s̠-s̠elāmu ʿalā men ittebeʿa’l-ḫüdā.
. Fī evāsıṭı C[emaziyyülevvel] sene [1]132
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The sultanic letter dispatched by the sultan×
to the Austrian caesar×:
Laudable pride of the great commanders of Christendom, the elite of
illustrious magnates in the community of the Messiah, arbiter of
the universal affairs of the community of Nazarene, possessor of the lineage of
majesty and glory, possessor of manifestation of splendor and reverence, currently
the Roman emperor, our exalted friend Karl×
— may God end his days propitiously
on the right path and inspire him to the path of righteousness and good deed.
May it be known as my sublime sultanic signature arrives:
Your esteemed councilor and chosen and distinguished grand ambassador,
paragon of the great commanders of the community of the Messiah,
Graf von Virmont× —
may God end his days propitiously — who, in order to reinforce the peace
and amity that was concluded between the two sides and to consolidate
and make firmer the structure of true friendship and reconciliation, is sent
and dispatched from you to my court - which is the shelter of the kings of
the world and the refuge of the illustrious monarchs, the edifice of equity
and a chamber for the firm pillars of state by virtue of the endless grace
of his majesties the necessity being whose being showers down abundantly
on everything that exists and whose essence surpasses limits
and boundaries and [by virtue of] the abundant and bountiful miracles
of Muhammad Mustafa×, the joy of the two worlds, the beloved of God,
the intercessor on the day of judgment, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him.
As [the ambassador×]
arrived in the protected [city of] Constantinople× - the seat
of the sultanic throne of the Ottomans and the capital of the felicitous
court of the keeper of the world - he rubbed his forehead in prostration in the presence of
our exalted throne as per the ancient habit of [our] fathers
of exalted ranks and the continuous custom of fortunate predecessors, upon the
issuance of a splendid imperial allowance and the occurrence of our favorable
sultanic permission, and he, as a requirement of the friendship and
neighborliness strengthened and established between the two sides,
conveyed and delivered the offerings, gifts, and the letter of sincere
friendship and reconciliation that he×
was charged with communicating to our prosperous royal stirrup.
After that has been accomplished, as before according to the time-honored practice,
both the translation of the affectionate content of
your× letter of sincere friendship
and your×
aforementioned envoy×’s written notification of faithfulness for
the affirmation of friendship are submitted and summarized to our majestic, royal court
as per the majestic, imperial, distinguished ceremonies of [our] household and
the felicitous, cheerful, old Ottoman custom, through the intermediation of the
most noble vizier, illustrious field marshal, order of the world,
arranger of order of mankind, prudent manager of the affairs of the community with decisive reasoning,
consummator of the important affairs of the mankind with proper judgement,
arranger of the pillars of prosperity and felicity, edifice of the pillars of felicity and glory,
completer of the honor of the great sultanate, orderer of the ranks of the greatest caliphate,
invested by arrays of favors of the supreme Lord, my laudable grand vizier,
my absolute deputy and firm helper, my respected son-in-law, İbrahim Pasha×
- my God almighty make his glory lasting and may strengthen his government with his help.
Your× sincerity and friendship
are thus grasped by our× world-adorning royal
knowledge and from our lofty sultanate consent is given to
your× friendship and mutual
confidence. Thus, as signs of observance of and respect for the law of friendship,
reconciliation, and neighborliness have been achieved, as per the continuous
custom and consistent habit that became the agreeable practice of our high-ranked,
great ancestors and noble forefathers during the days of peace and times of reconciliation,
as before, from our noblest royal side×,
the observation of friendly ceremonies and concord
and [the observation of] being a party to an agreement and abidance by that
firm treaty is definite and certain, as well as the protection and guarding
of the propriety and regulations of reconciliation.
And your aforementioned ambassador×
accomplished and performed the ceremonies of messengership and
the necessities of an ambassadorship with good manners and appealed for our imperial sultanic
permission. Thereupon, he was again dignified and attained honor and a reason for just pride
through our majestic, solid ceremonial at
our royal, lofty edifice of the imperial council×
and kingly, brilliant presence×.
Thereafter, he× departed and set out
on the road in your× direction
with our× royal sultanic letter that reports the perfect firmness and permanence
of the peace and reconciliation that was concluded and reinforced.
When he× arrives and as the affectionate purview of
our× sultanic letter and its
reconciliatory conception becomes known to you×, it is our imperial expectation that
on your side too, the friendly ceremonies, harmony, regulations of agreement, and the treaty
will be observed in a complete and perfect manner.Peace be unto whomever obeys God.
March 20, 1720.