Letter

Safvet to Horace Maynard, August 31, 1876

Author

Safvet

Recipient

Horace Maynard

Date

August 31, 1876

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure.—Translation.]

Safvet Pacha to Mr. Maynard.

Sublime Porte, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
August 31, 1876.

Sir: The grievous malady which afflicted the Sultan Murad Khan during the first day following his accession, and which since that time has only grown worse, renders it manifestly impossible for him to continue to hold the reins of the empire.

In consequence the throne has been declared vacant, in accordance with the fetvah issued by his highness the Shirkh-ul-Islam, and, by virtue of the laws which regulate the right of sovereignty in the empire, His Majesty the Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II, the heir presumptive to the imperial throne, has to-day been proclaimed emperor of Turkey.

I make it my duty to promptly notify you of the accesson of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid III to the throne of his ancestors, and I request you to inform the Government of the United States of America, and at the same time to transmit to it the sentiments of sincere friendship of my august master.

Accept, sir, the assurance of my high consideration.

SAFVET.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.