Erstes Befehlsschreiben des Sultans (mit demselben Datum);
Istanbul, 27. Juli - 6. August, 1719
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Dergāh-ı ʿālī yeñiçerileri aġasına ve ḫāṣṣa bostāncıbaşıya ḥüküm ki
.Ḳıdvetü ümerāʾi’l-milleti’l-mesīḥiyye Romā
imperāṭorı ṭarafından der-i devlet-medāruma büyükilçilik ile gelen
Cenerāl Ġrūf de Virmūnd
.ḫutimet ʿavāḳibühū bi-l-ḫayr gendüsinüñ ve ādamlarınuñ kifāf-ı nefsleri
içün ruḥṣat virildigi üzere eṭrāfda bir defʿa aḳçasıyla iştirā
.eyledügi
yedi biñ medre ḫamrı ḳonaġına naḳl eyledükde ümenā ve żābiṭler ṭarafından min
baʿd gümrük ve bāc ve ʿavāʾid ve ḫarc nāmıyla ve sāʾir
5 bahāne ile aḳca
ṭaleb olunmayub ve naḳline kimesne nāʾil olmamaḳ bābında fermān-ı ʿālī-şānum
ṣādır olmışdur. [1]
Buyurdum ki
.Vuṣūl bulduḳda bu bābda ṣādır olan fermān-ı celīlü’l-ḳadrüm mūcebince ʿamel
idüb daḫī ilçi-yi mūmā ileyhüñ
.vech-i meşrūḥ üzere eṭrāfında bir defʿa aḳçasıyla iştirā ve ḳonaġına naḳl
eyledügi yedi biñ medre ḫamruñ naḳline kimesneyi mümānaʿat
.itdürmeyüb ve
ümenā ve żābiṭler ṭarafından min baʿd gümrük ve bāc ve ʿavāʾid ve ḫarc nāmıyla
ve sāʾir bahāne ile aḳça ṭaleb
.itdürmeyüb ammā muḳayyed olasız ki miḳdār-ı
muʿayyeneden [ziyāde] ve iki defʿa almaḳ iḥtimāli olmaya şöyle bilesiz fī evāsıṭ-ı
[Ramażā]n sene 1131
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Decree to the agha of the imperial court janissaries and the chief gardener of the imperial court:
[Concerning] General [Damian Hugo] Count of Virmont—may God end his days propitiously—who came to my gate that is the center of state, as grand ambassador from the Roman emperor, the paragon of the great commanders of the community of Messiah: [The ambassador] himself and his people transport the seven thousand medres of wine to their residence that they purchased around for their own consumption as per the permission given. From now on, [as they transfer wine,] superintendents and officers shall not demand money from them under the name of customs duty, tribute, favors, outlay, or under other pretexts. No one shall prevent transportation.[1]
As my most noble edict has been issued on this matter, I ordered that: When my illustrious edict arrives, you shall act as stipulated by it; moreover, you shall not let anyone prevent the aforesaid ambassador from transporting the seven thousand medres wine that he purchased with his own money to his residence immediately as described above. From now on, you shall not have the superintendents and officers demand money under the name of customs duty, tribute, favors, outlay, or under other pretexts. You shall attend [to this matter] diligently so that there shall not be a possibility of paying [more than] the fixed amount or double that payment [annually]. So shall you know! July 27 to August 6, 1719