Back مقر الباب العالي Arabic Порта Bashkir Висока порта Bulgarian Sublime Porte Breton Sublim Porta Catalan Vysoká porta Czech Hohe Pforte German Bâb-ı Âli DIQ Υψηλή Πύλη Greek Sublima Pordo Esperanto
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The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte (Ottoman Turkish: باب عالی, romanized: Bāb-ı Ālī or Babıali; Turkish pronunciation: [baːbɯˈaːliː]), was a synecdoche or metaphor used to refer collectively to the central government of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul. It particularly referred to the building which housed the office of the Grand Vizier, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, and the Supreme Council of Judicial Ordinances.[1] Today it houses the office of the Istanbul govornerate.
- ^ Davison, Roderic (1963). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856–1876. Princeton University Press. p. 35.