Sublime Porte
Turkish imperial court
The Sublime Porte was the Ottoman imperial government, particularly its central administration in Constantinople.
The name refers to the ceremonial gate of the grand vizier's headquarters, where official business was conducted.
Western diplomats and historians used the term much as they might say "the White House" or "Downing Street" for a government: The Sublime Porte issued a formal protest.
Muslim royal ruler
- grand vizierSupreme minister of state
- vizierMuslim government's chief minister
- divanArmless, backless seating
- pashaOttoman high official
bureaucracy · sultanate · administration · court · edict · treasury · officials · provinces
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- dragomanOfficial translator-guide
capitulations · consulate · legation · protocol · foreign relations · emissary · delegation · accord
Historic Turkish metropolis
Turkish sultanate, 1299-1922
- Suleiman the MagnificentOttoman Empire's greatest sultan
- janissariesOttoman professional foot soldiers
- haremWives' sequestered quarters
- declineDecrease or refuse
sultan
Muslim royal ruler
- grand vizierSupreme minister of state
- vizierMuslim government's chief minister
- divanArmless, backless seating
pasha · bureaucracy · sultanate · administration · court · edict · treasury · officials · provinces · capitulations
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
dragoman · capitulations · consulate · legation · protocol · foreign relations · emissary · delegation · accord · intermediary
Constantinople
Historic Turkish metropolis
Ottoman Empire
Turkish sultanate, 1299-1922
- Suleiman the MagnificentOttoman Empire's greatest sultan
- janissariesOttoman professional foot soldiers
- haremWives' sequestered quarters
decline · Crimean War · Byzantium · imperial legacy · dissolution
- Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire, sultans, grand vizier, Constantinople, Suleiman
- Armenian HistoryArmenia, Armenians, Etchmiadzin, Armenian Genocide, Yerevan
- BalkansAlbania, Bosnia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Kosovo
- Greek Independenceuprising, Greek War of Independence, liberation struggle, revolt, revolutionaries
- Ottoman ReformsTanzimat reforms, secularization, military reform, military reforms, education reform
Sublime PorteHoly See
Papal governing authority
the Kremlin · Forbidden City · Kremlin · Versailles · Westminster
Sublime PorteBritish Empire
Vast colonial domain
Russian Empire · Austro-Hungarian Empire · Concert of Europe · Allied Powers
sublime, subliminal, sublimity, sublimate, sublimation, sublimely