Kolodziejczyk Dariusz. The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania (ENG)
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великих королеи, Боже даи то, жебыхмо с помочю божъею которого
города под нимъ взѧли. И тыи городы и волости, и земъли, и воды ꙗ,
Сагапъ Киреи царъ, и брат мои Ѡсламъ солтанъ, и инъшыи братѧ моѧ
царевичы, ѡземъшы Бога на помоч, ꙋ московского засѧ тыи городы
вземъшы, и королю, великомꙋ кнѧзю Жыкгимонту ѡтъдати маемъ. И
тежъ на непрыꙗтелѧ его московского, и на иных всих непрыꙗтелеи
его ꙗ, Сагапъ Киреи царъ, со въсею своею братею, и з сынъми, и з
людми, и воискомъ помогати ныне и завжъды, и напотомъ такежъ
[маемъ].
А которыи злыи вчынъки были за ѡтца вашого Казимира, королꙗ и
великого кнѧзѧ, и за брати вашое, Ѡлбрахта королѧ и Ѡлекъсанъдра,
тотчас паньствꙋ вашомꙋ, ѡтчызне вашои, лꙗдскои земли и литов-
скои земъли, Великомꙋ Кнѧзьству, ѡт Магмит Кгиреѧ царѧ и ѡтъ
предковъ нашыхъ, и ѡт всих вланов и кнѧзеи, и ѡт слꙋгъ нашыхъ,
которыи тотъчас вашои земъли шкоды сѧ стали, и ѡни то все имъ
ѡтпꙋстили и тыи злыи ꙋчынъки на ꙋме не держали, которыи злыи вчы-
нъки ѡтъ брата нашого и ѡт людеи нашых были. Ино теперъ братъ
нашъ, Жыкгимонт корол, на местцы ѡтца своего, Казимира королѧ, и
Ѡлбрахта, и Ѡлекъсанъдра зостал. Мы, брате нашъ Жыкгимонте, не
бꙋдемъ тых злых ꙋчынъков ꙋ мысли своеи держати, и выкинемъ тое съ
серца своего, штожъ слышавшы непрыꙗтели бы наши страшыли сѧ,
а прыꙗтели радовали сѧ. На тое дело ꙗ, Сагапъ Киреи царъ, силно
стью братꙋ нашому, Жыкгимонту королю.
И тежъ правдивое против прыꙗзни дозволили есьмо купъцомъ
паньства литовъского, и зъ лѧдского добровольне, ни ѡт кого не
выстерегаючы сѧ, въ Качыбиеве сол брати и, мыта водле давного
ѡбычаѧ заплатившы, до Киева и до Луцка, и до инъшых городовъ
сол прыбавълѧти за сторожою нашыхъ людеи. А естли ꙋ Качыби-
еве котораѧ сѧ шкода стала, або в соли, кроме козаков, купъцомъ
вашымъ, и мы тыи шкоды братꙋ нашомꙋ заплатимъ. Такежъ всимъ
купъцомъ паньства литовъского и лꙗдского, богатымъ и голтꙗинымъ,
доброволне прыити с торговълею своею до Перекопа и до Каѳы, и
тежъ сторговавъшы доброволно бы пошли, заплатившы мыта.
Такъ, ꙗко вышеи писано в семъ нашомъ листе, завжъды то бꙋдемъ
сполнѧти, и с того николи не выстꙋпати. Такежъ братью и сынов
своихъ из воискомъ своимъ на непрыꙗтелѧ нашого московъского
пошълемъ, и тых городов и волостеи, и земль, и вод, которыи дед
и ѡтецъ теперешънего непрыꙗтелѧ вашого и нашого московского
побрал ѡтъ столца литовского, коли дасть Богъ, ѡтънемъшы, брату
нашому, королю Жыкгимонту и великомꙋ кнѧзю маемъ дати, и тежъ
на кожъдого непрыꙗтелѧ его с одного стоѧти.
А брата нашого, великого королѧ Жыкгимонътовы ѡбои паньства,
ꙗкъ ꙋ Корꙋну Полскую, такъ и в Великое Кнѧзьство Литовъское, не
маемъ воиска своего великого, ани малого, ꙗ самъ, царъ Сапъ Киреи,
и брат мои Ѡсламъ Киреи солтан, и братьѧ и дети нашы царевичы,
кнѧзи, вланы, и мꙋрзы, посылати, и того маемъ стеречы и боронити,
абы жадное шкоды тымъ паньствамъ брата нашого Жыкгимонта ѡт
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нас и людеи нашыхъ ни въ чом не было. А естъли бы без ведомости
нашое которыи люди нашы малыи прокрали сѧ ꙋ паньство его, и
пошодшы звоевали бы брата нашого землю, и мы их самих головами
поимавшы брату нашому королю пошълемъ, а домы их зграбимъ. А
пакъ ли бы ѡни сами головами ꙋшли, и мы жоны и дети ихъ хочемъ
послати. А што ѡзъмут людеи и статков, то маемъ изыскавшы назад
вернути и всю шкодꙋ ѡправити. А естъли жъ бы ꙗ, царъ Сагапъ
Киреи, з братомъ своимъ Ѡсламъ Киреи солтаномъ не хотели къ
томꙋ пилности ꙋчынити, а ѡтъ таковых злых ꙋчынъков людеи своихъ
повстꙗгънути, а которыи бы люди нашы, або царевичы, кнѧзи, вланы,
и мꙋрзы, хотѧ малыи або великии люди ꙋ паньства его ꙋвошъли и
землѧмъ королѧ<мъ> Жыкгимонтовымъ шкодꙋ вчынили, тогъды
Корол Его Милость Жыкгимонтъ того годꙋ, которого таѧ шкода ему
и землѧмъ его ѡтъ насъ и людеи нашых станеть, не бꙋдеть повиненъ
ѡного ꙋпоминъку сꙋконъ, што на семъ нашомъ листе и его доконча-
ньи естъ ѡписано, намъ давати.
Нижли коли мы тыи вси речы, которыи на том нашомъ докончаньи
стоѧть, бꙋдемъ королю Жыкгимонъту справедливе полънити, тогъды
братъ нашъ, корол полскии и великии кнѧзь Жыкгимонт за тꙋю доброт
нашу маеть намъ поминъки годовыи давати, то естъ с Корꙋны Поль-
ское сто поставов суконъ лꙋньских, а з Великого Кнѧзства Литовс-
кого такъже сто поставов лꙋньских, а братꙋ нашому Ѡсламъ солтану
с Корꙋны Полское трыдцать поставовъ сукон лꙋньских, а з Великого
Кнѧзьства Литовъского трыдцать поставов сꙋконъ лꙋнских.
А къ томꙋ тежъ ѡбецꙋемъ брату нашому, ижъ маемъ мы того сте-
речы, абы козаки белогородскии и наши паньствамъ его жадное шкоды
не вчынили. А естъли бы некако тыи козаки без ведома нашого про-
крали сѧ ꙋ паньство его а шкоды которыи подданымъ его ꙋделали,
мы маемъ тых козаков за то скарати, а тыи шкоды вси ѡтыскавъшы,
маемъ емꙋ, братꙋ нашому, назад вернути.
А тот поминокъ сукъна мает к намъ брат нашъ корол прыслати
в кожъдыи год месеца июнѧ трыдцатого днѧ. А мы к немꙋ великих
пословъ своихъ не маемъ посылати, бо братꙋ нашомꙋ ꙋ скарбе его на
ѡтъправы, такъ тежъ и посломъ нашым ꙋ конех длѧ великое дороги
шкода великаѧ сѧ дееть. Нижли коли потреба вкажет которымъ
деломъ, абы з вестьми къ немꙋ послать, а мы маемъ к нему, братꙋ
нашому, слати гонца самодрꙋга, а наболшы самотретѧ. А естъли
быхмо мы своего посла великого послали, тогды ѡнъ его не маеть
инашымъ
d
ѡтъправоват, едно с тогожъ ꙋпоминъку нашого, которыи
маеть намъ давати.
Какъ же ꙗ, Сагапъ Киреи царъ, и брат мои Ѡсламъ солтанъ, и
сынове мои, и вси братьѧ мои царевичы, кнѧзи, вланы, и мꙋрзы, и дво-
ране мои, и вси подданы мои, перед посломъ твоимъ, паномъ Василь-
емъ Тишъкевичомъ, которого посла своего великого ты, братъ нашъ,
d
It should rather read иншымъ or ничымъ; cf. Document 26.
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к намъ прыслал, вси есьмо прысегали на нашу книгу Кꙋрам, и на том
правдꙋ нашу дали тобе, братꙋ нашому, великомꙋ королю Жыкгимонтꙋ,
и сыну твоемꙋ, молодомꙋ королю Жыкгимонътꙋ, прыꙗтелю вашому
прыꙗтелемъ быти, а непрыѧтелю вашомꙋ непрыꙗтелем, и вашому
непрыꙗтелю непрыꙗзни быхмо довели. И еще вашомꙋ панству всемꙋ,
и городомъ вашымъ, и местомъ, и волостѧмъ, и селамъ, и всеи земъли
и всимъ людемъ вашимъ, брата нашого, ѡт нас и ѡт людеи нашых
всих шкоды бы не было; хто б паньствамъ вашеи милости былъ
непрыꙗтел,
e-
тот к нам непрыꙗтел, а хто имъ прыꙗтел, тот и нам
прыꙗтель.
-f
И што в семъ нашомъ докончаньи все выписано, на чомъ
есьмо прысегали и правдꙋ тобе, братꙋ нашомꙋ, и сыну твоемꙋ дали,
на том хочемъ твердо стоѧти. И теперъ присегаемъ ѡтъ Бога подлугъ
веры нашое, и ста и двадцати тисечеи и чотырех тисечеи пророковъ,
и нашого Его Милости правого пророка Магъмет Мастоѳа: воллаги
биллеги таллаги. И на томъ докончаньи и с правдою твердо стоимъ.
Ѡ томъ ведаите! И золотомъ писаное доконъчанье изъ золотою
печатью послали есьмо.
Translation:
is is the letter of agreement which should be given by Sahib Giray Khan to
His Royal Majesty and sent through Pan Vasyl’ Tyškevyč:
1
Let it commence in the name of God!
Sahib Giray, the great khan by the might and grace of the one God, we com-
mence in the name of God, who gives felicity, and [promise] to sincerely keep
amity and brotherhood, and to fulll our true word without any deceit and
with sincere heart!
2
When God, the Creator, extended his favor to us, we ascended the throne of
our father and became the khan. e word of our grandfather
3
Mengli Giray
Khan, [also] the word of our brother Mehmed Giray Khan, the word of [mine,]
Sahib Giray Khan, [and] the word of my brother, Islam Sultan:
To the commanders of ten thousands [tümens], thousands, hundreds, [and
tens]
4
of the great people [ulus] of the right and the le side, the beys [Ruth.
e–f
Omitted, entered at the end of the document.
1
On Vasyl’ Tyškevyč (Pol. Tyszkiewicz), see Document 26, n. 1.
2
is phrase is apparently a calque of the respective phrase found in the earlier
Tatar documents; therefore perhaps it should read: “We [. . .] commence in the name
of God, who gives felicity [to those, who] sincerely keep amity and brotherhood, and
fulll their true word [. . .];” cf. Document 12, n. 5. e Lithuanian chancery phrased
also the royal document in the same fashion; cf. Document 26, n. 2.
3
Mengli Giray was Sahib Giray’s father, and not grandfather.
4
Apparently omitted by error; cf. Document 18.
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knjazi] and ulans, also to the Ruthenian princes, towns, castles, metropolitans,
[Orthodox] bishops, women [sic]
5
and monks, boyars and townsmen, and all
the commoners:
It should be known that we announce with our present letter that our ances-
tors, the khans, and my father, Mehmed Giray Khan, when [his] horse was
growing sweaty [beneath him],
6
they would come seeking hospitality [i.e., ref-
uge] to Grand Duke Vytautas and King and Grand Duke Casimir, in the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania, and they experienced great reverence. And according to
the ancient custom they wrote down [and granted to them] the Ruthenian
lands along with castles, towns, estates, tümen[s], and all revenues. And [now]
we also give our letter of agreement, such as the letter that our father, Mengli
Giray Khan, gave once to King and Grand Duke Casimir, without diminish-
ing anything from [the contents of] those yarlıqs that have been written in the
times of our ancestors, the khans, and also previously by us, when by the grace
of God [we ascended] the great throne of our ancestors, the khans, and our
father, and seeing [i.e., in the palace archives] the old and recent oaths and
letters of agreement, [we gave] our letters according to [those of] our ancestors.
As we have commenced brotherly friendship with our brother Sigismund, the
king and grand duke, while renewing [the peace] on the basis of the ancient
engagements, we have given our letter under a golden seal, letting our brother
Sigismund, the king and grand duke, his children and descendants, hold in
peace:
– rstly Kiev along with lands, waters, and all prots;
– Luc’k with its tümens along with lands, waters, and all prots;
– Smolensk with its tümen along with lands, waters, and all prots;
– Polack with its tümen along with lands, waters, and all prots;
– Podolia with its tümen along with lands, waters, and all prots;
– Sokolec’
7
with its tümen along with lands, waters, and all prots;
– Zvynyhorod
8
along with lands, waters, and all prots;
– Braclav with its tümen along with revenues;
– Kačybej and Majak along with lands and waters;
9
– also starting from Kiev along with the Dnieper upstream
10
to its mouth;
5
Apparently by misunderstanding, the scribe changed the old term belcom (lit.
“[those wearing] white [garments]”), which had gured in earlier documents and
referred to laymen living in monasteries (cf. Document 1, n. 2), into beloho[lo]vym
(lit. “[those] with white heads”). e latter term referred to women and is unlikely in
the given context; the same mistake already appears in Document 18 and in the later
Turkish text of Document 34, where the term in question is rendered as aqbaşlı (lit.
“[the one] with a white head”).
6
Written in singular; it should rather read: “when their horses were growing
sweaty [beneath them].”
7
Cf. Document 8, n. 4.
8
Cf. Document 8, n. 5.
9
On Kačybej and Majak, cf. Document 8, notes 6–7.
10
Sic; it should read “downstream.”
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– Sneporod and Hlyns’k along with [their] people;
11
– Žolvaž
12
and Putyvl’ along with lands and waters;
– Byryn, Synec, Xoten’, Losyčy, Xotmyšl, and Oskol along with lands, waters,
and all revenues;
13
– Kursk with its tümen;
– Jagoldaj, son of Saraj with its tümen;
14
– Putyvl’, Radogošč’ and Myloljub along with lands, waters, and all prots;
15
– Mužeč,
16
Starodub, Ljubeč, and Brjansk along with lands, waters, and all
prots;
– Mcensk, Ljubutsk, and Tula along with lands, waters, and all prots;
17
– Berestej, Retan’, Kozel’sk, Pronsk, Volkonsk, Spažsk, and Donec, all with
their lands, waters, and all prots;
18
– the castle of Dašov, the ruined castle [Ruth. horodyšče] of Balykly,
19
Tušyn,
Nemyrov,
20
Uhrom with its tümen,
21
Mamyš,
22
and an island [referred to as
Fedorov],
23
all with their lands, waters, and all prots;
24
– Pskov, Velikij Novgorod, Pskov,
25
and Perejaslavl’ Rjazan’skij, with their
tümen[s] and people along with forests, towns, all prots, [and everything]
11
On Sneporod and Hlyns’k, cf. Document 8, notes 8–9.
12
Cf. Document 8, n. 10.
13
Apart from Oskol, these estates were situated in the region of Putyvl’ and on
the rivers Sula and Vorskla, cf. Document 8, notes 11-15. Oskol once belonged to the
tümen of Jagoldaj (see n. 14 below) along with Myloljub and Mužeč (cf. Document 8,
notes 18–19).
14
It should rather read: “the tümen of Jagoldaj, son of Saraj;” on this estate, extend-
ing between the upper Sejm and the upper Donec rivers, and its former owner, see
Document 8, n. 18.
15
Putyvl’ is erroneously recorded twice, here and above along with Žolvaž, in a
corrupt form Botula. Myloljub once belonged to the tümen of Jagoldaj along with
Oskol and Mužeč (cf. n. 13 above), while the town of Radogošč’ was situated further
to the northwest.
16
Mužeč once belonged to the tümen of Jagoldaj along with Oskol and Myloljub;
cf. n. 13 above.
17
On Mcensk, Ljubutsk, and Tula, see Document 8, notes 20–21.
18
On these localities and estates, see Document 8, notes 22–26.
19
On these two settlements, situated on the lower Boh, see Document 8, notes 31
and 28. Dašov was in fact the ancient name of Očakiv (Tat. Djankerman; Tur. Özü
qal‘esi).
20
Corruptly recorded as Memyža; cf. n. 24 below.
21
e tümen of Uhrom, which could not be localized, appears in Documents 14,
20 (corrupt as “the tümen of Turov”), and 24; cf. n. 24 below.
22
In the earlier documents recorded as Mušač, Mušal, Mušen, Mumyš, and Myšen;
see Document 19, n. 25.
23
For Fedorov, cf. Document 14.
24
e last four settlements: Tušyn, Nemyrov (alias Nemyr), Mamyš, and Fedorov
(alias Xodorov or Fedorkovo), as well as the tümen of Uhrom, could not be identied,
but they were apparently situated in lower Podolia, between the Boh and Dniester riv-
ers; cf. Document 8, n. 32, Document 12, n. 23, and Document 14.
25
Erroneously registered twice: in a corrupt form as Busko (above) and here cor-
rectly as Pskov.
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that ows or streams—[giving all the above localities] to the throne of the
Lithuanian state.
And having taken counsel in this matter along with my sons, the sultans [Ruth.
carevyčy, i.e., princes], [and] with the ulans, beys, and mirzas, we rmly swear
to sincerely remain in eternal brotherhood and friendship with the king and
grand duke Sigismund, and so should do our children and descendants; and in
any place we should be a friend of his friend and an enemy of his enemy, and
face jointly [with him] his other enemies too.
And whichever towns, estates, lands, and waters the Muscovian duke took
in his hand from the great kings: his father Casimir and his brother Alexander,
God let us [re]capture—with God’s help—from him any of these towns! And I,
Sahib Giray Khan, and my brother Islam Sultan, and my other brothers, the
sultans, having invoked the help of God and taken back from the Muscovian
[duke] these towns, estates, lands, and waters, should restore them to the king
and grand duke Sigismund. And I, Sahib Giray Khan, along with all my broth-
ers, sons, people, and troops, should assist him against his Muscovian enemy
and any of his other enemies now, always, and in the future.
And as regards the wrongful acts committed during [the reigns of] your
father Casimir, the king and grand duke, and your brothers, King [John] Albert
and Alexander, towards your state and fatherland, Poland and Lithuania, the
Grand Duchy, by Mehmed Giray Khan and our ancestors, and all the ulans
and beys, and our servants, whatever damage was done then to your land,
they [i.e., your father and brothers] forgave them all this and did not hold in
their hearts the wrongful acts committed by our brother and people. And now
you, our brother, King Sigismund, have taken the place of your father, King
Casimir, and Albert, and Alexander. [And] we, our brother Sigismund, will not
hold these wrongful acts in our hearts and will release them from our hearts, so
that upon hearing this our enemies should tremble with fear, and our friends
rejoice. In this matter I, Sahib Giray Khan, rmly stand by you, our brother,
King Sigismund.
Also, in return for [your] sincere friendship we have allowed the merchants
from the Lithuanian and Polish states to freely take salt in Kačybej, without
any fear of anybody, and, having paid the toll according to the ancient custom,
bring it to Kiev, Luc’k, and other towns, guarded by our men. And if your
merchants, apart from the cossacks
26
—suer any damage in Kačybej, in salt or
[else], we will compensate this damage to our brother. Moreover, all the mer-
chants from the Lithuanian and Polish states—either rich or poor—may freely
26
e phrase “apart from the cossacks” (krome kozakov), entered for the rst time
in the royal document (Document 26), is unclear. It can have three dierent mean-
ings: 1) the Ukrainian cossacks being unruly royal subjects are not protected by the
present clause; 2) the khan is not responsibile for the attacks against the royal mer-
chants committed by the Ukrainian cossacks; 3) the khan does not take responsibility
for the attacks against the royal merchants committed by his own unruly subjects; for
a detailed discussion, cf. Document 26, n. 3.
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come with their merchandise to Perekop [i.e., the Crimean Khanate] and to
Caa, conduct their trade and freely depart, having paid the tolls.
And I will always fulll whatever is written above in our present letter, and
never depart from it. And I will send my brothers and sons along with my
troops against our Muscovian enemy, and—God willing—having taken the
towns, estates, lands, and waters that were captured from the Lithuanian throne
by the grandfather and father
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of your and our present Muscovian enemy, I
should restore them to our brother, the king and grand duke Sigismund; and
we should jointly face any of his enemies.
And I, Sahib Giray Khan, my brother Islam Giray Sultan, our brothers and
sons, the sultans, the beys, ulans, and mirzas should not send our troops—
either large or small—to the two states of our brother, the great king Sigismund:
the Polish Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and we should secure
and prevent so that no damage should be done to these states of our brother
Sigismund by us or our men. And if some of our subjects of lower status [Ruth.
ljudy malyi] sneak into his state without our knowledge and raid the land of
our brother, then we will capture them and send to our brother, the king, and
conscate their houses. And if they escape themselves, we aim to send their
wives and children. And if they capture any people or goods, we should take
them back and restore [to the king], and we should compensate all damages.
And if I, Sahib Giray Khan, and my brother, Islam Giray Sultan, do not wish
to display diligence and restrain our people from such wrongful acts, and if
some of our people, or the sultans, beys, ulans, or mirzas, either of low or high
status [Ruth. malyi abo velykyi ljudy], enter his state and commit damage to
King Sigismund’s lands, then in the year when he or his lands suer this dam-
age from us or our people, His Majesty King Sigismund will not be obliged to
give us the gi in cloths that is described in our present letter and his letter of
agreement.
But if we justly fulll in regard to King Sigismund all the conditions that are
referred to in our present letter, then he, Sigismund, the king of Poland and
the grand duke, in return for our kindness should give us annual gis [Ruth.
pomynky godovyi], namely 100 pieces [postaws] of London cloth
28
from the
Polish Crown, and also 100 pieces of London [cloth] from the Grand Duchy
of Lithuania; and to our brother, Islam Sultan, [he should give] 30 pieces of
London cloth from the Polish Crown, and 30 pieces of London cloth from the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
And also we promise our brother to secure that the Akkerman cossacks
29
and
our [cossacks] should not commit any damage to his states. And if these cos-
sacks somehow sneak into his state without our knowledge and commit some
27
I.e., Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasilij III (r. 1505–1533), the grandfather and
father of Ivan IV (r. 1533–1584).
28
On the terms postaw and “London cloth,” see Document 26, n. 5.
29
On the Ruthenian term kozaki belohorodskii and the contemporary meaning of
the word kozak, see Document 26, n. 6.
document 27 (april 1535) 711
damage to his subjects, we should punish these cossacks, regain what they have
stolen, and restore to him, our brother.
And our brother, the king, should send us the [said] gi in cloth every year
by the 30th day of the month of June. And we should not send him our great
envoys, because due to the long road a great detriment is caused to the treasury
of our brother by providing our envoys with allowance and horses. Only when
we need to send him news regarding some [urgent] matter, we should send him
a courier in the company of one, or at most two men [Ruth. samohodruha, a
nabolšy samotretja]. And if we send our great envoy, then he is not obliged to
give him any [additional] allowance, but solely deduce it from the gi that he
is to give us.
And I, Sahib Giray Khan, and my brother Islam Sultan, and my sons, and
all my brothers, the sultans, and the beys, ulans, mirzas, my courtiers and all
my subjects, have sworn by our [holy] book, the Koran, in the presence of your
envoy, Pan Vasyl’ Tyškevyč, whom you, our brother, had sent us as your great
envoy, and we have engaged to you, our brother, the great king Sigismund,
and to your son, the young king Sigismund, to be a friend of your friend and
an enemy of your enemy so that we may prove enmity to your enemy. And no
damage should be done by us and all our people to the whole your state, your
castles, towns, estates, villages, and all the land and people of yours, our brother;
whoever is an enemy to the states of Your Majesty, will be an enemy to us, and
whoever is a friend to them, will be our friend too. And whatever is written in
our present letter of agreement and what we have sworn upon and engaged to
you, our brother, and your son, we want to rmly keep. And now we swear
by God, according to our faith, by 124,000 prophets,
30
and by our righteous
prophet, His Majesty Muhammad Mustafa:
31
by God, with God, and through
God!
32
And we rmly and sincerely stand upon this letter of agreement.
us you should know! And we have sent the letter of agreement, written in
gold and provided with a golden seal.
30
On the number of prophets as recorded in the Muslim tradition, cf. Document
13, n. 3. e present oath formula, prepared by the royal chancery, was evidently
based on earlier Tatar documents.
31
Mustafa (lit. “the Chosen”) is the second name of Prophet Muhammad.
32
e Arabic formula vallahi billahi tallahi is correctly rendered in the Cyrillic
text.
DOCUMENT 28 (DECEMBER 1539)
e donation yarlıq cum şartname sent by Khan Sahib Giray
to King Sigismund
e original document is missing.
Polish translation:
A. Bibl. Kórn., ms. 222, pp. 122–126.
B. Bibl. Czart., ms. 59 (Teki Naruszewicza), pp. 787–794.
Sahipkireia cara pakta roku pańskiego 1542 z Zigmuntem etc.
a
W imię boże i z łaski bożej ja, Sahipgirei
b
car poczynam, bracką przyjaźń spra-
wiedliwie trzymać, i słowo nasze w sprawiedliwości mieć! Iż z łaski bożej na
miescu
c
ojca naszego carem zostałem, ojca naszego, cara Menligireya
d
słowo,
i brata naszego starszego cara słowo, i nas, Sahibkireya
e
słowo to jest:
I państwa naszego od prawej i lewej ręki naszej, i wielkiego państwa naszego
ułanom i kniaziom naszym,
f
ruskim państwom, miastom, zamkom, metro-
politom, władykom, czerńcom, bielcom, bojarom, mieszczanom, i wszelkim
pospolitym ludziom, czynimy jawno tem
g
naszym listem:
Jako i pierwej nasi carowie, przodkowie nasi, ociec nasz Menligirey
h
car,
brat nasz starszy Machmetgirey
i
car, dziad nasz Aczigirey
j
car, kiedy na koniu
swym potnym
k
do wielkiego kniazia Witulta
l
i do wielkiego króla Casimierza,
m
do państwa lytewskiego
n
w gościnę przyjeżdżali, i wielką uczciwość mieli, a tak
my wedle pierwszych obyczajów ruskie państwa, zamki, miasta, i wsie,
o
z ich
dochody i pożytkami napisaliśmy, nic nie ostawując, jedno wedle pierwszych
a
B. Sahipgireia cara tatarskiego pakta z Zygmuntem I, królem polskim.
b
B. Sahipgirey.
c
In B. here and hereaer: miejscu.
d
B. Menligereia.
e
B. Sahibgireia.
f
In both copies written erroneously: ułanów i kniaziów naszych; the Polish transla-
tion is evidently corrupt; cf. the earlier documents.
g
B. tym.
h
B. here and hereaer: Menligerey.
i
B. Machmetgerey.
j
B. Adzigerey.
k
B. mistakenly written polnym; cf. Document 1, n. c.
l
B. Witolta.
m
B. Kazimierza.
n
B. here and hereaer: litewskiego.
o
In both copies written erroneously: ruskim państwom, zamkom, miastom, i
wsiom.
document 28 (december 1539) 713
listów, jako za pierwszych carów pisywali. I weźrzawszy
p
na pierwsze sprawy,
gdy my za pomocą bożą na miescu przodków naszych carem ostaliśmy, i
weźrzeliśmy w sprawy ojców naszych, i w pierwsze dokończenie, tedy wedle
tego dokończenia listy i dokończenie swoje tak, jako i ociec nasz, Menligirey
car króliowi Cazimierzowi
q
i wielkiemu kniaziowi Zigmuntowi,
r
kiedy z Zig-
muntem królem i wielkim kniaziem, bratem swym, wedle pierwszej brackiej
s
przyjaźni mieszkali, my także z bratem naszym ponawiamy wedle pierwszego
obyczaju. I ten list nasz dajem pod złotą pieczęcią naszą bratu naszemu,
wielkiemu królowi Zigmuntowi i wielkiemu kniaziowi lytewskiemu, i jego
potomkom, mocno dzierżeć wiarą i prawdą: w głowach Kiiow i Cerkassy z
ziemiami, wodami, i ze wszelkimi
t
dochodami i pożytkami ich; Smoleńsko
z ziemiami, wodami; Połoczko z ziemiami, wodami, etc.; Zwynihrod
u
z
ziemiami, wodami, etc.; Brasław z ziemiami, wodami, etc.; Stoprud, Mlin-
sko z ziemiami, etc.;
v
Żołwasz, Budulę
w
z ziemiami, wodami, etc.; Buczinten,
x
Choten, Łucziczyn, Totmyślen,
y
Uscun z ziemiami, wodami, etc.; Kozielsko;
tumen
z
Saraiowicza—Jekaltańskie państwo—wam bratu naszemu, wielkiemu
królowi, i synowi waszemu, które państwa przynależą, zamki, ludzie, i dąbrowy,
etc., z ziemiami, wodami, i ze wszelkimi pożytkami ich, gdzie wnijdzie i
wciecze, ku państwu i stolcu litewskiemu.
Poradziwszy się z carowiczami, z synmi naszymi, i z ułany, kniaziami,
murzami, mocnąśmy przysięgę uczynili: wielkiemu królowi i wielkiemu
kniaziowi lytewskiemu Zigmuntowi, i synowi waszemu, wielkiemu królowi
i wielkiemu książęciu w brackiej a w dobrej przyjaźni mamy być; synowie
nasi potemuż, i potomkowie także z potomkami waszymi w brackiej przyjaźni
mają być.
A które zamki, państwa, i wsi
aa
kniaź moskiewski przez zdradliwy postępek
swój u ojca waszego, króla Casimirza,
ab
i u brata waszego, króla Alexandra,
i od samych was zabrał, ja, Sahypkirey
ac
car, da Pan Bóg, za pomocą bożą
państwo moskiewskie wielkim wojskiem zwojowawszy, i od niego odjąwszy,
te zamki wam, bratu naszemu wielkiemu królowi, i synowi waszemu, i
p
B. here and hereaer: wejrzawszy.
q
B. królowi Kazimierzowi.
r
B. here and hereaer: Zygmuntowi.
s
B. braterskiej.
t
B. here and hereaer: wszystkiemi.
u
B. Zwinigrod.
v
B. z ziemiami, wodami, etc.
w
B. Budułę.
x
B. Brezinten; apparently this corrupt place-name resulted from the erroneous
amalgamation of two place-names: Byryn (or Beryn) and Siniec; cf. Document 27 and
earlier documents.
y
B. Lucziczin, Totmislen.
z
In both copies written erroneously: lumen.
aa
B. wsie.
ab
B. Kazimierza.
ac
B. Sahipgerey.