Athos Holy Mount

Ottoman Documents	14.13 Order (bouyiourdi) issued by Mehmet Emin (Ebu Lubut Pasha) Governor of the sanjak of Thessaloniki 9 March 1822 Simonopetra Monastery Paper Bears the seal of Mehmet Emin
	Although Imperial edicts have been issued ordering the extermination and the destruction and the confiscation of all the property belonging to the infidels on Mount Athos, who have long dared to act in a manner unbefitting to a subject people, since however these same infidels have recently petitioned for pardon their crimes have been forgiven and all their property restored to them. In accordance with this order, therefore, the monks of the Simonopetra Monastery may cultivate the lands belonging to the metochi called Dabiliv which has belonged to them from of old and may enjoy the fruits of this estate without let or hindrance from any person. This order was issued at Mount Athos by the Administration of Thessaloniki and the Army and was given into the hands of the monks.
	Bibliography: Unpublished.
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	Index of exhibits of Monastery of Simonopetra 19th century

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