Post by maruf on Oct 12, 2005 12:14:33 GMT -5
The Power of the Muslims under the Khilafah
1783- First USA navy boat started to sail in the international waters
1785- This boat got captured by the Ottomans near Algeria
1793- 12 more USA navy boats were captured
3/27/1794- The USA Congress authorized President Washington to spend up to 700.000 gold coins to build strong enough boats that would resist the Ottoman Navy
1795- USA signed a treaty to resolve the Ottoman threat
The Treaty: The American captures were to be returned and American Navy was to be given permission to sail in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In return, American government was to pay 642.000 gold plus annual tax amount of 12.000 gold. This treaty was in Turkish and was signed by President Washington and Algeria Dey Hasan Pasha (and not the Khalifah or, as they call him, the Ottoman Emperor). This is the only American legal document in a foreign language and the only treaty Americans signed that agrees to pay annual tax to another nation. This is taking place during the reign of two consecutive Khalifahs, Abdul Hamid I and Selim III.
For more information visit: www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/barbary/bar1795n.htm#n1
1783- First USA navy boat started to sail in the international waters
1785- This boat got captured by the Ottomans near Algeria
1793- 12 more USA navy boats were captured
3/27/1794- The USA Congress authorized President Washington to spend up to 700.000 gold coins to build strong enough boats that would resist the Ottoman Navy
1795- USA signed a treaty to resolve the Ottoman threat
The Treaty: The American captures were to be returned and American Navy was to be given permission to sail in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In return, American government was to pay 642.000 gold plus annual tax amount of 12.000 gold. This treaty was in Turkish and was signed by President Washington and Algeria Dey Hasan Pasha (and not the Khalifah or, as they call him, the Ottoman Emperor). This is the only American legal document in a foreign language and the only treaty Americans signed that agrees to pay annual tax to another nation. This is taking place during the reign of two consecutive Khalifahs, Abdul Hamid I and Selim III.
For more information visit: www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/barbary/bar1795n.htm#n1
