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

. Ġalaṭa ḳāḍısına ḥükm ki

. Romā imperātorınuñ āsitāne-i saʿādetümde olan büyük ilçisi Vulfānḳūş Ġrūf Eyūtingen ḫutimet ʿavāḳibühū bi’l-ḫayr ʿarż-ı ḥāl gönderüb maḥrūse-i Ġalaṭada [GAP] maḥallesinde vāḳiʿ ḳadīmden
. ehl-i ẕimmet reʿāyānun yedlerinde terk olunan kilisānuñ mürūr-ı eyyām ile baʿżı maḥalleri ḫarāba müşrif olduġın bildirüb

maʿrifet-i şerʿle keşf ve ḥüccet olunmaḳ bābında ḥükm-i hümāyūnum ricā
.itmegin vech-i meşrūḥ üzere şerʿle keşf olunmaḳ içün yazılmışdur

5 Fī evāḫiri R [Rebīʿü’l-āḥir] sene 112

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Decree to the judge of Galata

Graf Wolfgang [IV.] zu Oettingen[-Wallerstein]-may his days come to a favorable end- who is currently at my imperial seat of felicity as the grand ambassador of the Roman emperor, submitted a letter to me. Accordingly, in the village called […] at Galata, there is a church that belongs to the zımmi community that resides. The petition stated that, with the passage of time, some parts of the church have fallen into ruin.

[The ambassador] requested my sultanic decree to authorize an investigation by the religious authority and the issuance of a document of proof (hüccet) regarding the outcome of that investigation. Accordingly, this decree orders the religious authority to carry out the investigation.

. 5–14 October 1700