Protokollregister über Damian Hugo von Virmonts Ankunft, Istanbul, 3. August 1719

Nemçe Çāsārı ṭarafından ṣulḥnāme ile gelen kebīr ilçiniñ istiḳbāli keyfiyetidür ki z̠ikr olunur. Der sene 1131, 17 [Ramaza]n Biñ yüz otuz bir senesi Ramażān-ı Şerīfinde Nemçe Çāsārı ṭarafından ṣulḥnāme ile rikāb-ı müsteṭāba yüz sürmek üzere gelen büyükilçi Küçükçekmece’den ḳalḳub Ḥazīnedār Çiftligi dimekle maʿrūf maḥalliñ alt ṭarafına kendi çadırı ile ḳonmaġla māh-i mezbūruñ on yedinci güni istiḳbāl ve alayı içün gidilmekle bu sibāḳ üzeredür ki z̠ikr olunur. The Austrian mission arrived in Küçükçekmece on July 31 where they were met by Mehmed Agha, whose rank Driesch described as kaiserlicher Kämmerling, that is kapı kethüdası or the chief steward. The next day, on August 1 the palace dragoman, Grigore II Ghica, met the Austrian grand ambassador to discuss the details the audience with the sultan. Yevm-i mezbūrda ilçinüñ rükūbū içün dīvān raḫtı ve ʿabāyī ile müzeyyen bir at begzādegān ve etbāʿı içün daḫi yüz otuz atlar eyerlenüb egerlenüb ʿale l-seḥer maḥall-i mezbūra getirilmişdür. Z̠ikr olunan atlaruñ cümlesi devletlü ṣadr-ı ʿālī ṭarafından gitmek muʿtād idi. Lākin ol miḳdār at mevcūd olmadıġından mez̠kūr olan atlaruñ seksen ruʾūsı ıṣṭabl-ı ʿāmire ṭarafından berāṭsız berāṭasız yedekciler ile ḳuṣūrı daḫi ṣāhib-i devlet ṭarafından gönderilmişdi. Ve Edirne Ḳapusı ḫāricinde Bayrāmpaşa Bostānına muṭṭaṣıl Ḳara İbrāhīm Paşa Çiftligi dimekle maʿrūf Ḫadīce Ḥadīce Sulṭān Çiftliginde ilçi-yi mezbūra żiyāfet içün ṣadr-ı ʿālī ṭarafından bir gün muḳaddem maṭbaḫ gönderilüb ve baġçe-i mezbūrda olan ḳaṣr daḫi mehterḫāne-i ʿāmireden ferş olunmuş-idi. Ve ḫidmet içün daḫī yirmi beş ḳadar mülebbes Enderūn aġaları gelmiş-idi. Vekīl-i ḫarc bi-nefsihī gelmiş-idi. According to the travelogue of Driesch, on August 3, the Austrian delegation had a breakfast at the Ḥadīce Sulṭān Farm before the official entry parade to the city. Çavuşbaşı aġa ve sipāh ve silāḥdār aġaları ve sipāh ve silaḥdār kātibleri ve ketḫüdāları ve çavuşlar kātibi ve emīni ve ḳırḳ elli nefer dergāh-ı ʿālī çavuşları ve otuz ḳırk nefer sipāh ve silāḥdār çavuşları bi’l-cümle bāġçe-i mezbūrda müctemiʿ olub ilçi-yi mezbūr maḥall-i merḳūma ḳarīb geldigi ḫaber virilmekle ḥāżır olan ṣarıḳlar ile süvār olub çeyrek sāʿat miḳdārı yirde istiḳbāl idüb alay ile çiftlige getürilüb ḳaṣr-ı mezbūr üzerine çıḳarılduḳda ḳapuya nāẓır ṣadr öninde olan iskemleye oturdulub yemīn ü yesārına çavuşbaşı ve sipāh ve silāḥdār ve aşaġı bölük aġaları oturub ṭatlu ve ḳahve virildükden ṣoñra ṭaʿām döşenmekle aġalar ḳalḳub tenāvül-i ṭaʿāmdan ṣoñra çavuşbaşı ve sipāh ve silāḥdār aġaları selīmī ve ṣarıḳ ferāce ile dīvān bisāṭlu atlara süvār ve sāʾirleri daḫi mücevvezeleriyle süvār olub alay ile trompetesin çalaraḳ Edirne Ḳapusından duḫūl ve Sulṭān Ḥammāmı öñinden mürūr ve Fenār Ḳapusından ṭaşra çıḳılub Yā Vedūd İskelesine varılub andan Emīr Buḫārīye varılduḳda cümlenüñ ʿavdeti içün ilçi iz̠n virmekle herkes girü ʿavdet olmışlardur. İstanbula Edirne Ḳapusından girilmişdür. Ve ilçi çıḳub yine Ḫazīnedār Çiftliginde çadırlarına gitmişdır. Bu es̠nāda Āsitānede vebā ḫastaligi olmaġla anda oturmışdur. In Driesch’s travelogue, in the first chapter of the second book, there is a detailed description of the etnry to the city. See especially pages 160-162. İlçi için vażʿ olunan sofrada yalñız dīvān tercümānı oturmışdır Ve köşküñ orta yirine daḫi begzādegānı içün bir bütgūn(?) ḳonmışdur Ve köşküñ bir ṭarafına daḫi meşīn sofra ile bir simāṭ vażʿ olunmışdur Ve ḥavā līde daḫi hācegānı içün ṭaʿām virilmişdür

Mentions the circumstances at the arrival of the grand ambassador dispatched with a peace settlement by the Austrian Emperor, the year 1131, 17 [Ramada]n In the month of Ramadan of the year one thousand and thirty-one, a grand ambassador from the Austrian Emperor came to prostrate himself in front of the pleasant stirrups [of the sultan] with a peace settlement. He departed from Küçükçekmece and settled in his own tent at the lower side of the location known as Hazinedar Çiftliği. On the eleventh day of the aforesaid month, we went for his reception and parade. Here is a description of what preceded that reception. On that day, a horse [had been] adorned with an imperial ceremonial tack and a silk cover for the ambassador and one hundred and thirty horses had been tacked up for the ambassador’s inner circle and [the horses] had been brought to the aforesaid location at dawn. It was a routine to send all of these horses from [the stables of] the grand vizier. Yet, there not being a sufficient number of horses [in the grand vizier’s stables], eighty horses had been sent from the imperial stables without the issuance of a sultanic permission and the rest were dispatched by the grand vizier. The previous day, the grand vizier had sent a [portable] cookery to Hatice Sultan Farm, known as Kara İbrahim Paşa Farm, located outside the Edirne Gate next to Bayrampaşa Orchard, and the pavilion inside the garden had been furnished by the sultan’s tent pitchers (meḥ terḫāne-i ʿāmire). Twenty-five aghas from the inner court had come with their uniforms on them to serve. The major-domo (vekīl-i ḫarc) himself was there too. The agha of the palace ushers, the aghas of the palace cavalry and sword-bearers, the secretaries of the palace cavalry and sword-bearers, the secretary of the palace ushers and the intendant of the palace ushers, forty to fifty palace ushers and thirty to forty ushers from the palace cavalry units and sword-bearers, all gathered at the aforesaid garden. As it was reported that the ambassador approached the location, those who were present mounted on their horses with their turbans [on their heads] and the ambassador was met at a quarter-hour distance. He was then paraded to the farm, brought on the pavilion, and made to sit on the stool that was in front of the sofa next to the door. The agha of the palace ushers, the aghas of the palace cavalry units, sword-bearers, and lower cavalry units sat down on his right and left. After coffee and sweets had been served, a meal was spread out. After eating the meal, the agha of the palace ushers and the aghas of the palace cavalry and sword-bearers, with their ceremonial turbans (selīmī), regular turbans (ṣarıḳ), and cloaks on them, mounted horses equipped with ceremonial imperial saddles. Others, with mücevvezes (a turban of many plaited folds) on their heads, also mounted horses. They paraded playing their trumpets and entered (the city) through the Edirne Gate. They passed by Sultan Hamamı and exited the city via the Phanar Gate. They arrived at Ya Vedud Pier and advanced to the lodge of Emīr Buhari, where the ambassador allowed everyone’s return. Upon which everyone returned and entered the city through the Edirne Gate. The ambassador returned to his tent at Hazinedar Farm. At this time, there was the plague in Istanbul. Therefore, the ambassador settled at that location. Only the imperial council interpreter sat around the meal that was spread out for the ambassador. For the ambassador’s inner circle, a bütgūn(bench?) had been set up in the middle of the mansion. In another part of the mansion, a meal was prepared on a leather spread. Moreover, a meal had been served for the elders of that quarter.