Publication Place
No place, unknown, or undetermined -
Subject
Capitulations
Turkey--History--1683-1829
Turkey--Foreign relations--France
France--Foreign relations--Turkey
Type
Book
Language
Ottoman
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 v. (23 leaves) ; 34 cm.
Library
Harvard University | CURIOSity Collections
Record ID
990114381850203941
Library Location
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Notes
33.5 x 25.5 cm (20 x 13.5 cm).
Written in naskh script, in one column, 14 lines per page, in black. Beginnings of the articles overlined. Catchwords.
Thick unglazed laid paper. Water stains. Pale green-blue paper board. Torn on edges. Spine held together with paper. First two folios loosely attached to the others.
In Ottoman Turkish.
Açıklama
According to the colophon (f. 23r), copy of capitulations of 4 Rebīʻ I 1153 AH [May 31, 1740 AD], signed by the Grand Vezir el-Ḥācc Meḥmed Paşa and the French envoy Louis-Sauveur, Marquis de Villeneuve (mentionned f. 3r), granted to France. Contains renewal of the capitulations granted during the Reign of Sultan Meḥmed IV (r. 1058-99 [1648-87]) with some newly introduced articles.
Şöyle Atıf Yapınız
MS Turk 39. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Dizi
Open Collections Program at Harvard University