 ... of government and institutions, were to be guaranteed. They were declared free to make peace or war with any power not in hostilities with the Ottoman Porte. No mosques were to be erected in the country ; and any native who should abjure the Christian...  Travels in the western Causasus - Page 241by Edmund Spencer (capt.) - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1841 - 608 pages
...country; and ANY NATIVE WHO SHOULD ABJURE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR ISLAMISM, FORFEITED HIS BIRTHBIGHT AND PATERNAL INHERITANCE.' * In return for these privileges, they agreed to pay an annual sum to the Porte, and to sell to that power, when demanded, the surplus produce of the soil. The Moldavians and... | |
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