The Ambassador's Notebook : Western Merchants, French Diplomacy and Islamic Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean c.1600 /

The Ambassador's Notebook : Western Merchants, French Diplomacy and Islamic Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean c.1600 /

Using never before studied documents from Manuscript Turc 130 (BnF, Paris) , compiled in a unique structure by Ambassador François Savary de Brèves, Viorel Panaite offers a comprehensive picture of the Ottoman Mediterranean around 1600, with the French as protagonists. He explores the foreigner'...

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Main Author: Panaite, Viorel (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage ; 81.

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History.
International law.

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Call Number: D410

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Conventions
  • List of Facsimiles, Illustrations and Maps
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Manuscript
  •  1 Structure of MS Turc 130
  •  2 Additional Manuscript Documents
  •  3 Western Complementary Sources
  • 2 Ambassador
  •  1 Ambassador at the Ottoman Court
  • 3 Capitulations
  •  1 Which Was First?
  •  2 The ahdname of 1581
  •  3 The ahdname of 1597
  •  4 The ahdname of 1604 and Beyond
  •  5 Legal and Diplomatic Questions
  • 4 Foreigners
  •  1 Müstemin and müsteminlik in MS Turc 130
  •  2 The Mediterranean Customary Practice
  •  3 Capitulatory Regime
  •  4 Residency: müstemin vs zimmi
  •  5 Safety
  • 5 Cities
  •  1 Marseille (Marsilya)
  •  2 Ottoman Trade Centers in the Mediterranean
  • 6 Consuls
  •  1 Historical Background
  •  2 The Appointment of Consuls
  •  3 Consular Fee
  •  4 Status and Functions of the Consuls
  •  5 Consular Jurisdiction
  • 7 Protégés
  •  1 Protégés in the French ahdnames
  •  2 Defining Protégés
  •  3 The Flemish as Protégés
  • 8 Navigation
  •  1 The Sea in the Ottoman Legal View
  •  2 Ships and Sailing
  •  3 Freedom of Navigation
  •  4 French Shipping vs Illegal Ottoman Actions
  • 9 Trade
  •  1 The Safety of Trade in French ahdnames
  •  2 Commodities: between Bans and Privileges
  •  3 Customs Duty (gümrük)
  •  4 Special Taxes
  •  5 Western Coins
  •  6 The Confiscation of Goods: the Maltese Coffee Case
  • 10 Piracy
  •  1 North African Piracy
  •  2 English Privateering
  • 11 Captives
  •  1 Release of Captives in French ahdnames
  •  2 Arz-u hals and hüküms on the Release of French Captives
  •  3 A fetva on the Release of French Captives
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.