A SCANDALOUS BUSINESS AND ITS RECEPTION IN THE CONSULAR CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PARIS, CONSTANTINOPLE AND BUCHAREST- ANDRE TINDEL (1844)

IN 1844, BETWEEN PARIS, CONSTANTINOPLE AND BUCHAREST AUTHORITIES AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION WAS HELD, WHICH SUBJECT DESCRIBED THE OFFENSES COMMITTED BY A CERTAIN FRENCH CITIZEN, ANDRE TITEL. AS PHYSICIAN, HE WAS WANTED BY THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE CAPITAL AUTHORITIES, BOTH FOR FORGING MON EY AND FOR TRAVELLING UNDER FALSE IDENTITY. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE PRESENT STUDY AIMS TO TRACK THE WHOLE STORY, TO SEE IN FACT, WHICH WERE THE FACILITIES OFFERED BY GRANTING A PASSPORT OR OBTAINING THE SUDIT QUALITY (SUDIT - INHABITANTS OF ROMANIAN COUNTRIE S UNDER THE PROTECTION OF A FOREIGN POWER, THEREBY HAVING THE RIGHT TO A SPECIAL JURISDICTION, TAX PRIVILEGES, ETC., WHICH THE OTHERS DID NOT ENJOY), BUT ALSO UP TO WHERE THE CONSULAR JURISDICTION COULD GET. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR INSTRUMENTS USED BY FOREIGNERS TO CROSS THE BORDERS, SINCE MEDIEVAL TIMES, IT WAS THE PASSPORT. FROM SIMPLE ,,ROYAL CARDS", ,,LETTERS", ,,PASS PERMIT ( SAUF-CONDUCT IN FRENCH)" ISSUED TO SOME TRADERS, MERCHANTS, MESSENGERS, PILGRIMS, AMBASSADORS, DIGNITARIES, MILITARIES, UP TO THE CURRENT ELECTRONIC PASSPORT, THIS GAVE THE HOLDER CERTAIN RIGHTS OR PRIVILEGES. DUE TO IT, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM/HERSELF AS NATURAL, LEGAL PERSON, WHO BELONGED TO A COUNTRY, PRINCIPALITY OR STATE.

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