OTTOMAN PORTE
\ˈɒtəmən pˈɔːt], \ˈɒtəmən pˈɔːt], \ˈɒ_t_ə_m_ə_n p_ˈɔː_t]\
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The United States concluded a commercial treaty with the Ottoman Porte in 1830. The translation of an article of this treaty relating to extra-territorial jurisdiction caused an extended dispute. In 1862 another commercial treaty was concluded, which has ceased to be in operation, though the most favorable commercial relations continue.
By John Franklin Jameson
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