TWO FIRMANS OF MUṢṬAFĀ II ON THE REORGANISATION OF THE OTTOMAN COURIER SYSTEM (1108/1696) (DOCUMENTS FROM THE THESSALONIKI CADI SICILLS)
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Colin Heywood
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The present article publishes text and translation of two firmans of Muṣṭafā II, dated 1108 (1696), taken from copies in the cadi registers (sicill) of Thessaloniki, regulating the reform of the Ottoman state courier and post-station (ulaḳ/menzilḫāne) network with regard to the Rumelian ṣol ḳol (Via Egnatia). The firman texts are designed to be studied in conjunction with the commentary in the author's study of the Rumelian ṣol ḳol in E. Zachariadou, The Via Egnatia under Ottoman Rule (1380-1699) (Rethymnon 1996), pp. 129-144.