Abschrift des sultanischen Dekrets (<foreign>nīşān-ı hümāyūn</foreign>/<foreign>berat</foreign>) (zweite Version); Istanbul, 12. Januar

165 Nīşān-ı hümāyūn oldur ki: Devlet-i ʿaliyye-i ebed-peyvendümle iftiḫārü’l-ümerāʾi’l-ʿiżāmi’l-ʿĪseviyye Romā imperāṭorı Ḳarolus ḫutimet ʿavāḳibühū bi-l-ḫayr beyninde ḳadīmī dostluḳ ve müsāleme temhīd ve tecdīd ve bünyān-ı müvālāt tarṣīn ve teşyīd olunmaġla ḥażret-i ʿĪsā ʿaleyhi’s-selām milletinden olub Rīm pāpāya mensūb olan rāhibler ḥaḳḳında ecdād-ı emcād ve ebā-yi kirām-ı ʿālī-nijād bihişt-ruḳādım zamān-ı saʿādet-iḳtirānlarında ve eyyām-ı devlet ve hengām-ı salṭanat-i ebed-müddetümde virilen ʿahdnāmelerde mesṭūr ve muḳayyed olan mevādd ve maḫṣūṣen ʿināyet ve iḥsānum olunan nişān-ı ʿālī-şān ve evāmir-i ʿāliyye meżāmin-i şerīfesi fī mā baʿd merʿī ṭutılub dostluḳ ve muṣāfāt muḳteżāsınca tüccār ve züvvārı ḥimāyet ve ṣiyānet lāzım ve lā-budd olmaġla işbu nişān-ı hümayun saʿādet-maḳrūnı virdüm ve buyurdum ki Rīm pāpāya mensūb olan rāhibler ve zevādīler Ḳuds-i şerīfde Ḳamāme taʿbīr olunur kelīsāda ḳadīmī āyīnleri üzere ne gūne ziyāretgāhı ziyāret idegelmişler ise ve ʿale l-ḫuṣūs Cebel-i Ṣuhyūnı ziyāret idegelmişler ise āyīn-i ḳadīmleri üzere ke-mā fī l-evvel ziyāretlerine bī-vech ve ḳadīmden olugelmişe muġāyir devlet-i ʿāliyyem reʿāyāsı ve sāʾir ehl-i ʿörf ṭāʾifesi ṭaraflarından aḳça muṭālebesiyle ve sāʾir bahāne ile daḫl ve taʿarruż olunmayalar ve Ḳamāme taʿmīri içün bundan aḳdem ḫaṭṭ-ı hümāyūn-ı şevket-maḳrūnum ile muʿanven ṣādır olan evāmir-i şerīfemi bahāne idüb Rūm ṭāʾifesi ṭaraflarından Rīm Rūm pāpāya mensūb olanlar selāṭīn-i pīşīnüñ eyyām-ı saʿādetlerinde virilen evāmir-i şerīfe ve ḫuṭūṭ-ı hümāyūn ve nişān-ı ʿālī-şāna muġāyir bir dürlü daʿvā ve nizāʿ itdürilmeyüb ḥimāyet ve ṣiyānet ve saye-i ḥimāye-i pādişāhānede āsūde-ḥāl olmalarına iḥtimām ve diḳḳat oluna şöyle bileler ʿalāmet-i şerīfe iʿtimād ḳılalar. fī evāḫir-i RāRebīʿi’l-evvel sene 1132

So is the imperial sign (nīşān-ı hümāyūn): The ancient friendship and the state of peace between my eternal sublime state and the Roman Emperor Charles, the laudable pride of the magnates of Christendom, was improved and the edifice of mutual confidence and reliance were consolidated and made firmer. Accordingly, it is indispensably necessary and required henceforward to enforce about the priests who belong to the nation of Jesus — peace be upon him — and owe allegiance to the Roman pope the conditions written and recorded in the imperial letters of agreement that were issued during the felicitous times of my illustrious predecessors and noble forefathers of exalted pedigree who sleep in heaven and during my reign and times of eternal sultanate; in particular, [it is indispensably necessary and required to enforce] the noblest purview of the illustrious imperial sign and exalted orders granted and given as my favor and to protect and guard the merchants and guests as a requirement of friendship and sincerity. Therefore, I have issued this imperial, felicitous charter (nişān). I command that, in whatever way the priests who owe allegiance to the Roman pope and Jesuits have been visiting the church called the Church of the Holy Sepulchre since the old days as per their old rituals and, in particular, in whatever way they have been visiting Mount Zion, they shall [continue] their visits as before in the same way according to their rituals. Contrary to the old practices that have continued to this day, they shall not be interfered with or attacked by the subjects of my sublime state or by the community of customary law (ehl-i ʿörf ṭāʾifesi) with claims of money or under other pretexts. Using my previously issued noble order—inscribed with my royal imperial rescript—concerning the reparation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as an excuse, the Greek community, in opposition to the noble orders, imperial rescripts, and glorious imperial signs issued during the felicitous times of former sultans, shall not make any claims or dispute against those who follow the Roman pope. Great care shall be taken and attention shall be paid to protect and guard them and for them to be tranquil thanks to imperial protection. Thus shall they know and [have confidence] in the noble mark. January 12 to January 21, 1720