Beratlı

Berat was the name of the license (patent) which granted their non-Muslim Ottoman bearers, the beratlı, a variety of tax exemptions and access to European Law. They were also known as "honorary dragomans". The access to European law helped its agents dominate European commerce.

References

Cihan Artunç (March 2013). "The Protégé System and Beratlı Merchants in the Ottoman Empire" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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