RARE, 1855, Trade Treaty, Kingdom of Greece, Ottoman Empire, Fuad Pasha, Otto I, Ottoman Era

Description

Official and Extremely Rare Document

of 

First Treaty between 

Kingdom of Greece and Ottoman Empire

during the Reign of Otto I and the 

Government of Mavrokordatos!

 

ΣΥΝΘΗΚΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΝΑΥΤΙΛΙΑΣ

Μεταξύ του Βασιλείου της Ελλάδος

και

της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας

 

TRAITE

DE COMMERCE ET DE NAVIGATION

Entre le Royaume de Grece

et

L’Empire Ottoman

 

Athens, July 26, 1855

Text in Greek, French and Arabic

16 pages

28.5 cm x 20 cm

 

The Government of Alexandros Mavrokordatos 1854, (May 1854 – September 1855) – also known as the Ministry of Occupation ruled Greece, during the period of the naval blockade of Piraeus by French warships and the occupation of the capital by French soldiers who imposed the country’s neutrality , in the Crimean War. Mavrokordatos, a trusted figure of English diplomacy, was chosen by the “Protecting Powers” of the Hellenic Kingdom to replace the fierce Othonian “Crisis government”, in order to ensure the government’s obedience to the will of the Great Powers. During Mavrokordatοs’ government, relations with the Ottoman Empire were also normalized, and the first treaty between the two states was even signed.

Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1814 – 1869), sometimes known as Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha and commonly known as Fuad Pasha, was an Ottoman administrator and statesman, who is known for his prominent role in the Tanzimat reforms of the mid-19th-century Ottoman Empire , as well as his leadership during the 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war in Syria. He represented a modern Ottoman era, given his openness to European-style modernization as well as the reforms he helped enact.

Periklis Argyropoulos (1801 – 1860) was a jurist, professor of administrative law at the University of Athens and a politician, parliamentarian and foreign minister.

Andreas G. Kountouriotis (1820-1895) was a politician and diplomat. He was secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in 1855 he was appointed ambassador of Greece in Constantinople.

Panagiotis Varvoglis (1799 – 1870) was a Greek fighter of 1821 and politician of the 19th century. He was a minister four times (Government of Antonios Kriezis 1849, Government of Alexandros Mavrokordatos 1854, Government of Ioannis Kolokotronis 1862, Government of Dimitrios Voulgaris 1868) and in 1847 he was elected president of the Parliament.