Religious Freedom Declaration by Sultan Mehmet II (1463, Tolerance under Turkish Rule)

¨I Sultan Mehmet Han, I declare to all

my subjects :
All the people from lower and upper
classes should know that, I order this to
the Bosnian priests who are carrying
this ferman with them...
No one shall disturb or interfere with
those priests or their churches. All the
people who are unaware of this order or
all the people who run away from my
country can come to our lands and to
their churches. Neither me nor my
viziers shall disturb those people. I
sware on the name of Allah, on the
name of Mohammed the Prophet, on the
names of seven holy books, on sword I
wore, no one shall oppose those priests
as long as they obey my authority and
serve my country."

Milodraz Castle, May 28,1463.
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