Mehmed II's Firman on the Freedom of the Bosnian Franciscans

Sultan Mehmet II was the seventh ottoman sultan. He was reigned 2 times; for a short time between 1444 and 1446, and then between 1451 and 1481. When he was 21 he could conquer Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). On Tuesday, May 29, 1453 he could record his name as the only man who could capture a strong city like Constantinople after many trials of beseiging it by muslims. After this conquest he acquired the name (Al-Fatih) or (The Conqueror).

Alot of time is actually needed to fulfil the talk about Fatih Sultan Mehmet. However, let's stress on a historic ferman (oath) declared by him as regard the Bosnian Franciscans when he conquered Bosnia giving them freedom..

"I, the Sultan Khan the Conqueror, hereby declare the whole world
that, The Bosnian Franciscans granted with this sultanate
firman are under my protection. And I command that:
No one
shall disturb or give harm to these people and their churches! They shall live
in peace in my state. These people who have become emigrants, shall have
security and liberty. They may return to their monasteries which are located in
the borders of my state. No one from my empire
notable, viziers, clerks or my maids will break their honour or give any harm to
them! No one shall insult, put in danger or attack these
lives, properties, and churches of these people! Also, what
and those these people have brought from their own countries have the same
rights... By declaring this firman, I swear on my sword by the
holy name of Allah who has created the ground and sky, Allah's prophet Mohammed,
and 124.000 former prophets that; no one from my citizens will react or behave
the opposite of this firman!"

This oath firman, which has provided independence and tolerance to the ones who are from another religion, belief, and race was declared by Mehmed II the Conqueror and granted to Angjeo Zvizdovic of the Franciscan Catholic Monastery in Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 28th of 1463. The firman has been recently raised and published by the Ministry of Culture of Turkey for the 700th anniversary of the foundation of the Ottoman State. The edict was issued by the Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror to protect the basic rights of the Bosnian Christians when he conquered that territory in 1463. The original edict is still kept in the Franciscan Catholic Monastery in Fojnica.
It is one of the oldest documents on religious freedom. Mehmed II's oath was entered into force in the Ottoman Empire on May 28, 1463. In 1971, the United Nations published a translation of the document in all the official U.N. languages.