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Under a series of treaties with European states known as the Capitulations, the Ottomans had allowed foreigners to reside and trade in their territories as resident aliens, subject to the laws of their native countries.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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Under a series of treaties with European states known as the Capitulations, the Ottomans had allowed foreigners to reside and trade in their territories as resident aliens, subject to the laws of their native countries.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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Under a series of treaties with European states known as the Capitulations, the Ottomans had allowed foreigners to reside and trade in their territories as resident aliens, subject to the laws of their native countries.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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The regime of "Capitulations", established under Francis I in 1536, renewed under Louis XIV in 1673, and Louis XV in 1740, ensured Catholics religious freedom and the jurisdiction of the French ambassador at Constantinople; all Western pilgrims were allowed access to Jerusalem and to the Holy Sepulchre, which was confided to the care of the Friars Minor.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Government adopted a system not unlike the "Capitulations" in countries under the Ottoman suzerainty.
Saint Augustin Louis Bertrand 1903
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It did not limit the rights of the Powers, as specified in various "Capitulations," to safeguard their own subjects residing in Turkey against Turkish misrule.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898
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On September 10, 1915, Talat Pasha abolished the "Capitulations", which the capitulation holders refused to recognize her action.
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In ecclesiastical and ecclesiastico-civil matters they are subject to the patriarch according to the arrangement made on the fall of Constantinople (1453), variously modified since then, and known as the "Capitulations" (Baron d'Avril, La protection des
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Note 2: The Capitulations were treaties granted by the Ottoman Empire conferring the privilege of extra-territorial jurisdiction within the empire on the subjects of other states.
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The government had mobilized the army, provisioned the fleet, suppressed the Capitulations, and closed the
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