Ahdname of Milodraž

[1] Led in by Mehmed's soldiers,[1] Zvizdović drew the Sultan's attention to the exodus of Catholics from the newly conquered country.

[2] The friar specifically pointed to the necessity of maintaining the merchants, craftsmen and miners, and so succeeded in receiving Mehmed's solemn promise of religious tolerance.

[4] The rights expressed in the Ahdname of Milodraž were reiterated by all subsequent Ottoman sultans, but the Franciscans were nevertheless in a difficult position with the local authorities.

[3] Bosnian Franciscans used the Ahdname of Milodraž not only in relations with the Muslim authorities, but also to protect themselves from the ambitions of Eastern Orthodox clergy when the latter claimed the right to collect tax from them too on the basis of an earlier firman.

[2][4] The absence of the original document led some historians to describe the Ahdname of Milodraž as a forgery.