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	Porte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sublime Porte was the open court of the sultan, lead by the Grand Vizier.
		The High Porte, in contrast, was the private court of the sultan.
		When translated into English, the Turkish term Babi Ali means, literally, "High Gate." Porte is French for "Gate," therefore, the term High Porte is a bilingual combination of English High and French Porte that is equivalent to Babi Ali.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sublime_Porte (203 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: The Treaty of Berlin, excerpts, 1878
		The Sublime Porte undertakes scrupulously to apply in the Island of Crete the Organic Law of 1868 with such modifications as may be considered equitable.
		The Sublime Porte shall depute special commissions, in which the native element shall be largely represented, to settle the details of the new laws in each province.
		The Sublime Porte cedes to the Russian Empire in Asia the territories of Ardahan, Kars, and Batum [modern Armenia and Georgia, with a bit of Northeastern Turkey], together with the latter port.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1878berlin.html (1001 words)

	Osmanlý Araþtýrmalarý - Ansiklopedi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The sublime Porte likewise consents, that the said French merchant ships, on their passage into and out of this sea, shall, with respect to every thing that can favour the free navigation of it, be placed precisely on the same footing with the merchant ships of those nations which now navigate it.
		The sublime Porte assents to all that was stipulated with respect to it in the treaty concluded at Amiens between France and England, on the 4th Germinal of the year ten (25th of March 1801), or the 22d of Zillides, of the year of the Hegira 1216.
		The French republic and the sublime Porte mutually guaranty the integrity of the possessions.
	www.os-ar.com /modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=501803 (740 words)

	Encyclopedia: Albanian lands under Ottoman domination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Sublime Porte attempted to press a divide-and-rule policy to keep the local beys from uniting and posing a threat to Ottoman rule itself, but with little success.
		When it suited their goals, both places cooperated with the Sublime Porte, and when it was expedient to defy the central government, each acted independently.
		After crushing the Bushatis and Ali Pasha, the Sublime Porte introduced a series of reforms, known as the tanzimat, which were aimed at strengthening the empire by reining in fractious pashas.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Albanian-lands-under-Ottoman-domination (2362 words)

	Struggle for Orthodoxy in Difficult Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Almost the entire territory of the Byzantine Empire and the Orthodox peoples neighbouring it acknowledged the dominion of the Sublime Porte, with the exception of Russia which was, during the same period, delivered from the Mongolian yoke of the Golden Horde and was searching for the new identity of the Russian state.
		The Christian subjects of the Sublime Porte came to acquire the legal right to exist, to hold their religious beliefs and to be free to practice their worship, with the proviso, of course, that they recognized the status quo and paid their taxes.
		In the Eastern Patriarchates it was able to use the influence of the ambassadors of the Protestant states (England, Holland) and those of Venice to the Sublime Porte, to neutralize the plots of the ambassadors of the Roman-Catholic states (France, Austria).
	www.patriarchate.org /ecumenical_patriarchate/chapter_1/struggle_for_Orthodoxy.html (3016 words)

	Chapter Port Royal Society <i>to</i> Pot of P by Brewer's Phrase & Fable
		Port Royal Society In 1637, Le Maître, a celebrated advocate, resigned the honour of being Counseiller d'Etat, and with his brother De Sericourt consecrated himself to the service of religion.
		The two brothers retired to a small house near the Port Royal of Paris, where in time they were joined by their three other brothers- De Sacy, De St. Elme, and De Valmont.
		Porteous was tried for this attack and condemned to death, but reprieved.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/255/1181/23749/1.html (653 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Commissioner shall be appointed by the Sublime Porte to join in the labours of this Demarcation.
		With respect to the Territories previously assigned to Greece, and which are still occupied by the Sublime Porte, they also shall be evacuated within the same period, so that on the day specified, the evacuation of all the Territories, without exception, which are to constitute Greece, shall have been in every instance completely effected.
		The final Confirmation of the present Final Arrangement by the 3 August Courts shall be transmitted to the Sublime Porte within the period of 4 months, dating from this day; and that Confirmation shall have, with respect to this Act, all the force of a Ratification.
	www.mfa.gr /greek/the_ministry/eny/1832_constantinople_treaty.doc (955 words)

	Correspondence Respecting Affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Count Andrassy to Count Beust, 30 December 1875
		In acting thus, the Cabinets intended to furnish the Sublime Porte with the moral support of which it stood in need; and, further, to give it time to pacify feelings in the revolted provinces, hoping that all danger of ulterior complications might thus be averted.
		On the one hand, the reforms published by the Porte do not appear to have had in view the pacification of the populations of the insurgent provinces, or to be sufficient for the attainment of this essential object.
		With this view, the Porte should declare that the revenue from indirect taxation should, as heretofore, be applied to the necessities of the Empire in general, but that the funds arising from direct taxation should remain in the province, and be exclusively applied in its interests to enlarge its resources and augment its prosperity.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/andrassy.htm (2741 words)

	sublime, the - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about sublime, the
		In the 18th century it became an aesthetic category, when ‘beautiful’ no longer seemed adequate to express the spiritual and emotional impact of art or nature.
		The search for the sublime was apparent in a predilection for wild landscapes in painting, for example, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg's (1740–1812) An Avalanche in the Alps (1803), and in the new genre of the gothic novel, such as Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764).
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /sublime%2c+the (143 words)

	Yahoo! Groups : Bobby-1914 Messages :Message 3021 of 4856
		In exchange for the Towns, Ports, and Territories enumerated in Article IV of the present Treaty, and in order more fully to secure the Freedom of the Navigation of the Danube, His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias consents to the rectification of his Frontier in Bessarabia.
		The Territory ceded by Russia shall be Annexed to the Principality of Moldavia, under the Suzerainty of the Sublime Porte.
		The periods and the means of execution shall form the object of an arrangement between the Sublime Porte and the Powers whose troops have occupied its Territory.
	www.geocities.com /alkorahil/paris1856.htm (1724 words)

	Ortayli, Greeks and Ottoman
		The Sublime Porte granted autonomy to this island by a special concessional decree (imtiyaz ferman) issued in 1832, and named it "Sisam Emareti." The islanders almost gained a constitutional structure.
		A Greek Orthodox subject of the Porte was appointed as the governor of Samos (Sisam Beyi), and elected representatives from among the notables formed a meclis which was responsible for taking decisions on matters related to navigation, tax collection, construction, school instruction and even church affairs.
		This institution was criticized by the Greeks in the Kingdom as too conservative and was suspected by the Sublime Porte of being a spiritual and national center.
	coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/hst373/readings/ortayli1.html (2107 words)

	Krikorian. Armenians in Service
		A copy of the Constitution was submitted to the Sublime Porte for ratification; in three months new councils were elected and community life suddenly began to be administered according to the new regulations until 27 August 1861, when the execution of the Constitution was forbidden by the Ottoman Government.
		The Sublime Porte undertakes to carry out, without further delay, the improvements and reforms demanded by local requirements in the provinces inhabited by the Armenians and to guarantee their security against the Circassians and Kurds.
		A dignified Muslim functionary was to be appointed and sent as High Commissioner by the Sublime Porte to the Eastern provinces to oversee the execution of the reforms.
	coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/hst373/readings/krikor.html (3872 words)

	Shih Shun Liu : Extraterritoriality (chapter 9)
		It was, therefore, declared that in the absence of an understanding arrived at before the first of October between the Ottoman Porte and the foreign governments concerned, the ambassadors could not recognize the executory force after that date of a unilateral decision of the Turkish Government [5].
		The Capitulations having been consecrated by treaties subsequently concluded between the Sublime Porte and the foreign Powers, should, so long as they are in force, be scrupulously respected in the same manner as these treaties [12].
		In regard to the second contention of the Turkish delegation, it is admitted that the principle rebus sic stantibus is recognized by the majority of publicists to be an implied clause of all unnotifiable treaties [13].
	www.panarchy.org /shihshunliu/chapter9.1925.html (1646 words)

	Protocol relating to the Delimitation of the Turco-Persian Boundary signed at Constantinople on November 4th (17th), ...
		It noted the statement "by which the Imperial Ottoman Government recognizes as a principle for the delimitation of the Ararat-Bane section the exact sense of Article 3 of the Treaty of 1848, known as the Treaty of Arzerum, as set forth in the note of August 9th (22nd), 1912, No. 264".
		As regards the modifications proposed by the Sublime Porte, the Imperial Embassy stated (with a reservation on the question of Egri-chai) that it could not sufficiently emphasize the necessity of making no change in the line established in its note of August 9th (22nd), 1912.
		It addressed to the Sublime Porte a note dated August 5th(18th), 1913, No.166, an identic note was addressed to the Sublime Porte by the British Embassy on the same date.
	www.parstimes.com /history/iran_iraq_1913.html (3064 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 8, EGYPT: Library of Economics and Liberty
		It was provided that the line of succession should be from eldest son to eldest son in the direct male line, the nomination (or rather the investiture) to emanate invariably from the sublime porte.
		Although the pashas of Egypt enjoy the hereditary exercise of government, they are ranked with the other viziers; they are treated as such by the sublime porte, from whom they receive the same titles as those given to any other governor of a province.
		It was to be the same with all laws made and to be made by the sublime porte, due regard being shown to local circumstances and to equity.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy399.html (3112 words)

	P A R T I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It took the Sublime Porte one century and a half to conquer Samtskhe-Saatabago, which was finally vanquished, but only as late as in the 2nd quarter of the 16th century.
		The Sublime Porte resisted Russia’s tendency to get a foothold in the Caucasus and establish its province there and on the Black Sea.
		Georgia’s King Vakhtang VI preferred an alliance with Christian Orthodox Russia and thus incurred wrath of the Sublime Porte.
	www.cipdd.org /cipdd/_MELIKISHVILI/pat1theregion.htm (1571 words)

	The Avalon Project : Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United States and the Ottoman Empire; February 25, ...
		The Sublime Porte, desiring to grant, by means of gradual concessions, all facilities in its power to transit by land, it is stipulated and agreed that the dub of three per cent.
		The Sublime Porte, at the same time, declares that it reserves to itself the right to establish, by a special enactment, the measures to be adopted for the prevention of fraud.
		Citizens of the United States of America, or their agents, trading in goods the produce or manufacture of foreign countries, shall be subject to the same taxes, and enjoy the same rights, privileges, and immunities, as foreign subjects dealing in goods the produce or manufacture of their own country.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/ottomans/ot1862.htm (1118 words)

	Historical Text Archive: Articles: Firman of Appointment of Muhammad `Ali as Pasha of Egypt Issued by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Henceforth, when the post shall be vacant, the Government of Egypt shall descend in a direct line, from the elder to the elder, in the male race among the sons and grandsons.
		But as the land and sea forces of Egypt are raised for the service of my Sublime Porte, it shall be allowable, in time of war, to increase them to the number which shall be deemed suitable by my Sublime Porte.
		Henceforth the Pashas of Egypt shall not be at liberty to build vessels of war without having first applied for the permission of my Sublime Porte, and having obtained from it a clear and positive authority.
	www.historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=15 (463 words)

	ANN/Groong -- Treaty of Berlin - 07/13/1878
		The independence of Montenegro is recognized by the Sublime Porte and by all those of the High Contracting Parties who had not hitherto admitted it.
		His Majesty the Emperor of Russia declares that it is his intention to constitute Batum a free port, essentially commercial.
		The Sublime Porte having expressed the intention to maintain the principle of religious liberty, and give it the widest scope, the Contracting Parties take note of this spontaneous declaration.
	groong.usc.edu /treaties/berlin.html (912 words)

	First World War.com - Encyclopedia - Sublime Porte
		The Sublime Porte - a French translation from the Turkish 'Bâbiâli' and also commonly known simply as 'Porte' - comprised the government of the Ottoman Empire.
		The title, which was used chiefly by Europeans, comprised the name of the gate which provided entry to the Sultan's palace in Constantinople (now Istanbul), where justice was formerly administered in ancient times and where latterly the principal departments of state were located.
		A "pal's battalion" was comprised of soldiers raised in the same locality with the promise they would serve with their friends for the duration of the war.
	www.firstworldwar.com /atoz/sublimeporte.htm (125 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		sublime, from L. sublimis "uplifted, high, lofty," possibly originally "sloping up to the lintel," from sub "up to" + limen "lintel." The sublime "the sublime part of anything" is from 1679.
		porte "gate, entrance," from L. porta "gate, door," from PIE base per- (see port* (1)).
		porte coleice "sliding gate" (c.1200), from porte "gate" (see port (2)) + coleice "sliding, flowing," fem.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=gate&searchmode=phrase (1778 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Subsequently those rules, which the Sublime Porte had decreed entirely of its own accord, were interpreted as privileges, corroborated and extended by certain practices, and were maintained down to our days under the name of ancient treaties (or Capitulations).
		Likewise, that consequence of the Capitulations which renders foreigners exempt and free from taxes in the Ottoman Empire renders the Sublime Porte powerless not only to procure the necessary means for providing for the carrying out of reforms but even for satisfying current administrative needs, without having recourse to a loan.
		Now the Sublime Porte is convinced that the only means of salvation for Turkey is to bring into being this work of reform and of development as soon as possible, and it is likewise convinced that all the steps that it takes in this direction will meet with the encouragement of all the friendly Powers.
	artsandscience.concordia.ca /hist398v/09_Abrogation_of_Capitulations_txt.html (299 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Voices From The Dark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Until then it was always the Venetians, the French, the Dutch, the whatever who had to come to Constantinople, they established an embassy and they had to come to the Sublime Porte to, to establish contacts, and the Sublime Porte never did the, the reverse, the reciprocal move towards the other.
		The Sublime Porte was the term used by European governments for the Ottoman court, the office of the Grand Vizir, the Prime Minister.
		But, Ziya waking up, the first thing he would see through the Sublime Porte would be one result of his reformist zeal and his enthusiasm for new technology, and that's the tram, down to the Golden Horn.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/programmes/misc/voicesdark_script3.html (2331 words)

	sublimity - AnsMe.com Dictionary (define) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature.
		The heavens are not only grand, but sublime (as the predominating emotion), from their immense height.
		Exalted intellect, and especially exalted virtue under severe trials, give us the sense of moral sublimity, as in the case of our Savior in his prayer for his murderers.
	define.ansme.com /words/s/sublimity.html (193 words)

	Syria Ottoman Empire - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Europeans referred to the Ottoman throne as the Sublime Porte, a name derived from a gate of the sultan's palace in Istanbul.
		From 1516 the Ottomans ruled Syria through pashas, who governed with unlimited authority over the land under their control, although they were responsible ultimately to the Sublime Porte.
		As the revolt moved southward to the territories where the landlords were Druzes, the conflagration acquired an intersectarian character, and the Druzes massacred some 10,000 Maronites.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/syria/syria_history_ottoman_empire.html (1101 words)

	World War One - The Sublime Porte
		Immediately after war was declared between Germany and Russia the Porte ordered the Bosporus and Dardanelles closed to every kind of shipping, at the same time barring the entrances of these channels with rows of mines.
		On September 10th an official announcement from the Sublime Porte was issued defining in the first place many constitutional reforms, and in particular abolishing the capitulation, that is, the concessions made by law to foreigners, allowing them participation in the administration of justice, exemption from taxation, and special protection in their business transactions.
		Every endeavor was made by the Sublime Porte' to secure Roumanian or Bulgarian co-operation in a militant policy.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles26/world-war-one-12.shtml (5460 words)

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