title: <i>Cadde-i ṣulḥ</i> Il firmano di Osman II al doge di Venezia
abstract: Against the backdrop of a disputable imperial succession to the Ottoman throne, fifty‑one Muslim merchants from Bosnia demand compensation from the Venetian authorities for the loss of their goods. In the framework of a dramatic crescendo of political conflict inside and outside the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Osman II described his rise to power in a sophisticated letter to Doge Giovanni Bembo. In the same text, he pledged to restore the ancient friendship between the two States, against their commo