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in 1795. The story is widely questioned by historians as no record of such habit has been found, and originated from the fact that the Ottoman Empire did not recognize the partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The oldest known written records of the story come from the 1930s and 1940s, and
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would ask ostentatiously "Where is the deputy from Lehistan?", receiving the reply: "Your Excellency, the deputy of Lehistan could not make it because of vital impediments", or, according to other versions of the tale, "the deputy from Lehistan hasn't arrived yet". It would be done as a protest
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Dominik, Paulina D. (2016). "From the Polish Times of Pera: Late Ottoman Istanbul through the Lens of Polish emigration". In Ayşe Öncü; Anna Hofmann (eds.).
174:. Cebesoy claimed that the habit continued until the end of the sultanate and that he witnessed it in person as a young officer during the reign of Sultan 178:. The accuracy of this account is widely questioned by historians, as no record of such a habit from the early nineteenth century has been found. 85: 48: 363: 247: 145: 93: 64: 318: 287: 265: 279: 92:
had received the diplomatic corps, there always had been left one empty chair reserved from the representative from
152: 69: 198: 60: 118: 148:. Other sources state that the Ottoman Empire was the only country which did not recognize the partitions. 358: 156: 345:. London: Wydawn. Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego Poświęconego Badaniu Najnowszej Historii Polski, 1958. 232:. London: Wydawn. Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego Poświęconego Badaniu Najnowszej Historii Polski, 1958. 81: 59:
supposedly asking "Where is the deputy from Lehistan?". It is said to be done as a protest to the
102: 268:(2015). "Poland in the Period of Partitions 1795–1914". In Eleonora Bielawska-Batorowicz (ed.). 314: 283: 110: 97: 56: 164: 126: 32: 24: 175: 137: 106: 89: 52: 352: 171: 72:, an ambassador of Poland to Turkey, who used to tell it during diplomatic meetings. 275: 40: 304: 136:
The tale originates from the fact that, following the partitions of Poland, the
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against the partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between the
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Polish
Turkish
urban legend
Poland
sultan
Ottoman Empire
chief of protocol
partition
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Michał Sokolnicki
Partitions of Poland
sultan
Ottoman Empire
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
chief of protocol
Kingdom of Prussia
Russian Empire
Habsburg monarchy
Lech
Poland
Turkish
Ottoman Empire
Qajar Iran
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Michał Sokolnicki
Poland
Turkey
Ali Fuat Cebesoy
Istanbul
Polish community

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