Ottoman Merchants and Venetian Notaries in the Early Modern Period

The aim of this paper is to study the presence of Ottoman merchants in Venice in the Modern Age. The Ottoman shipping partnership as well as the Venetian commenda were based on the mudarebe (classical Islamic shipping partnership) and several examples of this kind of partnerships may be found even between Christians and Muslims. Notarial deeds were above all proxies and often give information on merchants, their number and even their private life. Some of them were agents but there were also family companies and Ottoman grandees who were involved in international trade. Communities of merchants both in Istanbul and in Venice were also sometimes created. Last but not least, these sources contain also some examples of insurance made by Muslims to protect their goods. In general in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ottoman merchants who traded in Venice were not alone, but they could refer to a real commercial network. Ancient historiographical theories say that in the Modern Age Ottoman Muslims were not interested in international trade and that they left it completely in Christian and Jewish hands, however documents tell us a completely different story, a story of contacts, exchanges, and even confidence and friendship

1853’te Meydana gelen İzmir Olayı: 19. Yüzyılda Kapitülasyonlar

Martin Koszta aldı bir kişi 22 Haziran 1853 günü öğleden sonra saat 17’de Osmanlı liman şehri İzmir’de bir lokantanın önünde birini bekliyordu. Orada lokantanın İtalyan sahibinin kızıyla buluşacaktı, ama buluşma gerçekleşemedi. Çünkü Koszta bir grup silahlı adamın saldırısına uğradı; onu fena halde dövdüler ve suya attılar. Koszta su yüzüne çıkar çıkmaz, sandallarda beklemekte olan başka bir grup adam onu sudan çıkardı. Elini kolunu bağladılar ve İzmir limanında demirlemiş Hussar adlı Avustur..

The capitulations and the Ottoman legal system : qadis, consuls and beraths in the 18 th century

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