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Presentation of the Turkic diplomatic documents in AGAD

Presentation of the Turkic diplomatic documents in AGAD

The Congress proceedings were accompanied by presentations of Warsaw collections related to the Congress’s theme. Displays of Turkish and Tatar diplomatic documents were arranged at the Central Archives of Historical Records, which holds extraordinary treasures – alliance treaties with Turkey and diplomatic letters of the Ottoman sultans and the Tatar khans of the Golden Horde and Crimea, including the famous Yarliq of Tokhtamish (1393). Many of the Ottoman documents are recorded at the UNESCO World Memory Program.

The selection and presentation was prepared by Dr. Natalia Królikowska in collaboration with the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw (AGAD).

List of the documents displayed:

  1. Yarlig of Khan Tohtamış to King Władysław II Jagiełło dated 1393, Nr inw. dok. perg. 5612

‘Ahdnames issued by Ottoman sultans and receipt of annual payment

  1. The ‘ahdname sent by Sultan Bayezid II to King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon, dated on 1489, nr inw.: AKW, Dz. tur., k. 66, t. 4, nr 7
  2. The `ahdname sent by Bayezid II to King Jan Olbracht dated on 1494, Nr inw.: AGAD, AKW, dz. tur., k. 66, t. 9, no 20
  3. The `ahdname sent by Bayezid II to King Aleksander Jagiellon dated on 1502, Nr inw.: AGAD, AKW, dz. tur., k.66, t. 11, no 26
  4. The `ahdname sent by Selim I to King Zygmunt I dated on 1519, inw. AGAD, AKW, dz. tur., k. 66, t. 17, no 36
  5. The ‘ahdname sent by Sultan Suleyman I to King Zygmunt I, dated on 1525, nr inw.: AKW, Dz. tur., k. 66, t. 19, nr 41
  6. The ‘ahdname sent by Sultan Mustafa I to King Zygmunt III, dated 1623, nr inw.: AKW, Dz.tur., k. 72, t. 304, nr 557
  7. ‘Ahdname sent by Sultan Mehmed IV to King Michał Wiśniowiecki, dated 1672, nr inw.: AKW, Dz.tur., k. 77, t. 467, nr 783

The instruments of peace sent by the Crimean rulers to Poland-Lithuania

  1. The şartname sent by Mengli I Giray to King Zygmunt I (29 November 1514) (Italian), AGAD, AKW, Dz. tat., k. 65, t. 1, no. 575
  2. The şartname sent by Khan Mehmed Giray to King Zygmunt I (21 October 1520) (Khwarezmian Turkic with Crimean Tatar elements), AGAD, AKW, Dz. tat., k. 65, t. 2, no. 577
  3. The ‘ahdname sent by Khan Bahadır Giray to King Władysław IV (21 July–18 August 1640; Ottoman Turkish-Crimean Tatar), AGAD, AKW, Dz. tat., k. 63, t. 49, no. 514
  4. The ‘ahdname sent by Nureddin Qırım Giray to King Władysław IV (10–18 August 1640; Ottoman Turkish-Crimean Tatar), AGAD, AKW, Dz. tat., k. 63, t. 47, no. 510
  5. The ‘ahdname sent by Kalga Islam Giray to King Władysław IV (10–18 August 1640; Ottoman Turkish-Crimean Tatar), AGAD, AKW, Dz. tat., k. 63, t. 48, no. 512
  6. The Crimean instrument of the Treaty of Podhajce (Pidhajci) (6 October 1667; Polish). AGAD, AKW, Dz. tat., k. 60, t. 125, no. 131

The letters sent by the Safavid shahs to the Polish kings written in Turkic

  1. A letter sent by Abbas I to Sigismund III [1624], AGAD, AKW, Perskie, no. 4

Letters sent by the female members of the Ottoman and Giray dynasties to the Poland-Lithuania

  1. A letter sent by Haseki Hürrem Sultan to King Sigismund August, dated 1549, nr inw.: Arch. Kor., Dz. tur., t. 110, nr 219
  2. A letter written by Mihrimah Sultan to King Sigismund August, dated 1548, nr inw.: AKW, Dz.tur., k. 68, t. III, nr 221
  3. A letter written by Aişe Sultan, a wife of Devlet I Giray to the Polish Lords (“Lah panlarina”) dated 17 June 1572, Nr inw.: AGAD, AKW, dz. Tatarski, K65, t. 77, nr 653.

Border relations and trade

  1. Trade priviledges grated by Beyezid II to the Polish, Nr inw. AKW, dz. Tureckie, K 66, t. 5, nr 8
  2. A copy of the register of damages done by the Polish raid on Ochakiv in September 1545 (13 receb 952/20 September 1545, Nr inw. AKW, dz. Tureckie, k. 68, t. 96, nr 198.
  3. A letter sent by Abdi Pasha, the commander of Hotin do Augustus II dated 25 October 1722, Nr inw: AKW, dz. Tureckie, k. 80, t. 675, nr 1254