Die Großbotschaften Wolfgang IV. zu Oettingen-Wallersteins und Elçi İbrahim Paşas (1699–1701)

. Edirne ḳāḍīsına ḥükm ki

.Macāru’l-aṣl Dercef Ḳātne nām naṣrāniyye südde-i saʿādetüme ʿarż-ı ḥāl idüb yedi sene muḳaddem Orta Macārda Bihār nāḥiyesinde Tātār ṭāʾifesi
.gendüsiyle ṭoḳuz yaşında bir ḳızını esīr idüb götürüb Edirnede sākin Ṣofyalı Bāldehāl Ṣālamon nām yehūdīye ḳızıyla bunı
.yüz yigirmi ġuruşa beyʿ idüb baʿdehū ol daḫı ḳızını alı ḳoyub yalnız bunı yine Edirne süḳḳānından Rābiyʿil Abrahām
5 nām yehūdīye fürūḫt idüb

ḥālā mesfūre naṣrāniyye ḳızıyla gendüsinüñ bahāsı olan yüz yigirmi ġuruşı edā
.eylemegin mezbūr Bāldehāl Ṣālamon yehūdī ḳızını virmeyüb alı ḳoyub ʿahdnāme-i hümāyūnuma muġāyir ġadr ü teʿaddī olunduġın
.bildürüb ʿahdnāme-i hümāyūnum mūcibince ʿamel olunmaḳ bābında hüḳm-i hümāyūnum ricā itmegin

ʿahdnāme-i hümāyūnuma mürācaʿat olunduḳda sāʾir
.nāsda bulunan esīrler daḫı münāsib vech ile ve mümkün olan maʿḳūl ve muʿtedil behā ile ıṭlāḳları cāʾiz ola
.esīr ṣāḥibiyle uzlaşılmayub nizāʿ vāḳiʿ olduḳda ḥākimü’l-vaḳt olanlar māʿiyyetlerin tevfīḳ ideler eger imkān
10 olmazsa alduḳları behāları is̱bāt ile ve yāḫūd ṣāḥiblerine yemīn teklīfi ile ẓāhir olduḳda edā olunub ıṭlāḳ
.olunalar diyü mesṭūr ve muḳayyed bulunmaġın ʿahdnāme-i hümāyūnum mūcibince ʿamel olunmaḳ emrüm olmışdur diyü yazılub aşaġısı ʿahdnāmeye
.ḥavāle olunmışdur.
. Fī evāḫiri Ẕ[ī’l-ḥicce] sene 1111

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Decree to the judge of Edirne:

A Christian woman named Dercef Katne(?), originally from Hungary, has sent a petition to my imperial court. She reported that seven years ago, in the small town of Bihar district in Upper Hungary, she and her nine-year-old daughter were captured by the Tatars and taken to Edirne, where they were sold together to a Jew from Sofia, Baldehal Salamon(?), for 120 kuruş. Later, Salamon kept the daughter but sold the woman to a Jew named Rābiil Abrahām(?), who lives in Edirne.

Currently, the Christian woman has paid the 120 kuruş, which was the manumission price for both herself and her daughter, but the Jew named Salamon has refused to release her daughter. She reported this act as a violation of the imperial letter of agreement and requested my imperial decree for action to be taken in accordance with the imperial letter of agreement.

Upon reviewing the imperial letter of agreement, it has been recorded and written as follows: It is permissible for captives held by others to be released through appropriate means and with a reasonable and moderate manumission price. If an agreement cannot be reached with the captive owner and a dispute arises, the judge of that place should assign his staff to resolve the matter. If this fails, the owners must prove the price they paid, or they should be made to swear an oath to confirm the price, after which the manumission price should be paid and the captive released. Therefore, I order that this matter be handled in accordance with my imperial letter of agreement. So is the decree. The rest has been referred to the imperial letter of agreement. 9–18 August 1700