Befehlsschreiben des Sultans; Konstantinopel, 11.

13 Āsitāne-i saʿādetümden berren ve baḥren Ḳuds-i şerīfe varub gelince yol üzerine ṿākiʿ olan vüzerā-yı ʿiẓām ve mīr-i mīrān-ı fiḫām ve ümerā-yı kirām ve ḳāḍīlar ve mütesellimler ve iskele eminleri ve ketḫüdā yerleri ve yeñiçeri serdārları ve aʿyān-ı vilāyet ve sāʾir iş erlerine ḥükm ki Romā imperāṭorınuñ maḥremi ve ḫāṣṣ oṭalusı ve imperātorluġuñ baş müşāverecisi ve büyük ilçisi olan ḳıdvetü ümerāʾi’l-milleti’l-mesīḥiyye Vūlfānḳūs Ġrūf Eyūtingen ḫutimet ʿavāḳıbuhū bi’l-ḫayr südde-i saʿādetüme ʿarż-ı ḥāl gönderüb Nemçe begzādelerinden Helfrīd Ḥāynīl, Ġrūf Antonyūs Hellebrānd vān Dītriġstayn, Buṭān Pāvl, Ġrūf Vān Ḳūfstayn ve bavyārzādelerden Françe Ḳārol Baron vān Ġālet Andros birer ḫidmetkārlarıyla Ḳuds-i şerīfde ziyāretgāh-ı naṣārā olan maḥalleri ziyāret içün ʿazīmet itmeleriyle her ḳanġıñuzuñ taḥt-ı ḳażāsına ve hükūmetine dāḫıl olurlarsa bir münāsib maḥalle ḳondurub ve iḳtiżā iden meʾkūlāt ve meşrūbātları narḫ-ı cārī üzere aḳcalarıyla alıvirüb ve gider olduḳlarında maḫūf ve muḫāṭara olan maḥallerde yanlarına kifāyet miḳdārı ādemler taʿyīn idüb yolda ve izde ve menāzil ü merāḥilde ancaḳ gendülere ve yanlarında olan dört nefer ḫidmetkārlarına ve es̱vāb ve ṭavārlarına ġafircilerden ve bācdārlardan ve sāʾirleri ṭarafından cizye tekālīf ve sāʾir bahāne ile aḳca muṭālebesiyle bir ferde müd āḫale itdürmeyüb emīn ve sālim birbiriñüze irsāl ü īṣāl eylemekde her biriñüz kemāl-i mertebe teḳayyud ve ihtimām eylemeñüz bābında ḥükm-i hümāyūnum ricā itmegin vech-i meşrūḥ üzere ʿamel eylemeñüz bābında fermān-ı ʿālī-şānum ṣādır olmışdur buyurdum ki. Fī evāḫiri Şevvāl sene 1111

Decree to the viziers and provincial governors, military commanders, judges, tax collectors, harbormasters, aides-de-camp to the janissary commanders, janissary guards, provincial dignitaries, and functionaries situated along the route from felicitous capital to Jerusalem: Graf Wolfgang (IV) zu Oettingen(-Wallerstein), laudable pride of the commanders of the community of the Messiah, who is a close confidant and chief advisor to the Roman emperor, has submitted a petition to my exalted gate and informed me of the planned pilgrimage to the Christian holy sites in Jerusalem by several Austrian nobles, including Alfred Hainil(?), Graf Antonius Hellebrand von Dietrichstein(?), Buthan Paul(?), Graf von Kufstein(?), and Baron Franz Carol von Gallet András(?), each accompanied by an attendant. He requested my imperial edict so that when these nobles enter the jurisdiction of any one of you, you are to provide them with suitable accommodation and necessary provisions at the market price, paid by themselves. When they are traveling, should they pass through any dangerous areas, ensure that adequate guards are assigned to accompany them. During the journey, at each stop and stages of travel, ensure that neither the nobles, their four attendants, nor their belongings and animals are subjected to any form of interference or extortion under the pretext of jizya demand, levies, or any other pretense and money demand by , toll officers, or others. Each of you must ensure their safe and secure passage from one jurisdiction to the next, adhering strictly to this command and taking all necessary precautions. This edict is issued so that you will act with as described. So is the decree. 11–20 April 1700