Thanks Susan,
The significance of WS's edict was that it allowed Jews to return to the Holy Land, rather than just practise their faith. Are you saying that the reply from the public record office to the "researcher" (?Sours) referred to an edict which did not state this?
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Dear Sam,
I believe your researcher was probably Michael Sours Ruhani. This particular edict is one of many which Europeans pressured the Ottoman government into during the course of the 19th century. They were mostly aimed at protecting Christians. But the Ottoman government never prohibited the practice of Judaism or Christianity in Palestine. There had been Jews there all along under Islamic rule. I think Baha'is have made too much of this.
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