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

. Āsītāne-i saʿādetümden Belġrāda varınca yol üzerinde vāḳiʿ ḳāḍīlara ve kethüdā yerleri ve yeñiçeri serdārlarına ve ḫavāṣṣ voyvodaları ve aʿyān ve iş erlerine ḥükm ki

.muḳaddemā es̱nā-ı ḥarb u ḳıtālde aḫẕ ve ḥālā münʿaḳıd olan ṣulḥ ü ṣalāḥ ve ʿahdnāme-i hümāyūnum mūcibince maʿrifet-i şerʿle yoḳlanub ḳıbel-i şerʿden virilen mümżā ve maḫtūm defter nāṭıḳ
.olduġı üzere Müslümān olmayub

Nemçe imperātorınuñ āsītānede büyük ilçisi olan ḳıdvetü’l ümerāʾi’l-mesīḥiyye ʿumdetü’l-küberāʾi’l-ʿĪseviyye Vūlfānġūs Ġrūf
.Eyūtingen ḫutimet ʿavāḳibühū bi’l-ḫayr ṭarafından iştirā ve ıṭlāḳ olunan saġir ve kebīr yigirmi dört nefer esīrler

her ḳanġıñuzuñ taḫt-ı ḳażāsına varub dāḫl olurlar ise
5 münāsib maḥallere ḳondurub ve maḥūf ve muḫāṭara olan maḥallerde yanlarına kifāyet miḳdārı ādemler ḳoşub emn ü selāmet ile birbiriñüze irsāl ü īṣāle her biriñüz
.teḳayyud ve ihtimām eylemeñüz bābında yazılmışdur

. Fī evāsıtı R [Rebīʿü’lāḥir] sene 112

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Decree to the judges, aides-de-camp of janissary commanders, janissary captains, voivodes who administer sultanic fiefs, and other provincial notables and functionaries stationed along the route from my imperial seat of felicity to Belgrade:

There are non-Muslim captives who have been captured during the recent course of war and combat. Among them, there are those whose conversion to Islam has been investigated in accordance with the newly concluded peace and reconciliation and my sultanic letter of agreement and whose conversion has not been confirmed in the signed and sealed register issued by the religious authorities.

Among these captives, there are twenty-four individuals, both young and old, who were purchased and subsequently released by Graf Wolfgang [IV.] zu Oettingen[-Wallerstein], a paragon of the great commanders of Christendom and a pillar among their distinguished leaders—may his days come to a favorable end—who is presently serving as the grand ambassador of the Austrian emperor at my imperial threshold.

Should any of these individuals arrive at the jurisdiction of any among you, accommodate them in suitable locations; assign to them a sufficient number of men for their protection in places considered dangerous or insecure; and ensure that they are transferred and delivered safely and securely from one of you to the next. This directive has been written so that each of you may take care and show due diligence in this matter.

. 25 September–4 October 1700