BİR GRAVÜR ÜZERİNDEN CÂNİBÎ ALİ PAŞA’NIN VİYANA’YA ALAYLA GİRİŞİNİN DETAYLARI (23 AĞUSTOS 1740)
DETAILS OF CANIBI ALI PASHA’S ENTRY INTO VIENNA WITH A PARADE FROM AN ENGRAVING (AUGUST 23, 1740)

Summary/Abstract: The entry of Ottoman envoys into the imperial capital Vienna by parade was carried out on a specific day and according to certain rules of ceremony, following the negotiations of the envoys with the Kaiser's officials at Schwechat, the nearest station to the city. This ceremony was a very important part of diplomatic missions, as was the delivery of sultanic letters to the Habsburg monarch. At least until the mid-18th century, the entry into the city was watched by a large crowd lined up along the route of the cortege, and the details of the ceremony were reflected in contemporary reports, letters and newspapers, especially in the Habsburg register of ceremonies. Due to the development of copper engraving (Kupferstich) in Europe, it was increasingly used to depict such ceremonies. By 1740, the level of detail that engraving was able to reveal was reminiscent of a photograph. This article, after analyzing the engravings of two former ambassadors Ibrahim pashas who came to Vienna in the 18th-century, discusses the entry of the Ottoman ambassador Cânibî Ali Pasha into Vienna on August 23, 1740 with 922 people and a huge caravan of 1200 mounts and pack animals on the basis of the excellent and annotated engraving by the German engraver Elias Baeck, which shows the procession in 14 rows with 99 ranks.

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