Balta Limanı Commercial Treaty - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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First Statement of Responsibility
Hanioğlu, M. Şükrü
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Leiden
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Brill
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The Balta Limanı Commercial Treaty (25 Cemaziülevvel (Jumādā I) 1254/16 August 1838) was an official agreement between the Ottoman Empire and Britain that reaffirmed previously granted rights and privileges of British subjects to trade freely in the Empire. It was signed in the wake of Hünkar İskelesi Treaty of 19 Safer (Ṣafar) 1249/8 July 1833. The Hünkar İskelesi Treaty represented the peak of Russian diplomatic achievements vis-à-vis the Ottoman Empire. While the Russians viewed their accomplishment as a major success in reducing the Empire to a