Franco-Ottoman Capitulations

In 941 AH / 1535 CE a treaty was concluded between France and the Ottoman state, called the treaty of capitulations, whose Ottoman party was Sultan Suleiman. ²

The negotiations began after the battle of Pavia in 1525 CE, in which the king of France, Francis I, was taken captive. His mother sent her envoy with two letters asking for an attack on the Habsburgs and for the release of the captive. After his release, Francis sent his secretary Jean de Lafavoire to the sultan in 941 AH. ²

al-Sallabi mentions among them freedom of movement and navigation, the right to trade throughout the state, the payment of duties once, consular representation with immunity, the consul's jurisdiction over the subjects of his king, freedom of worship for them, and a prohibition on enslaving his subjects. ²

Among its results, in his view, were greater cooperation between the two fleets, and Ottoman fleet attacks on the shores of the kingdom of Naples. ²