Circulare des Nieder-Oesterreichischen Appellations- und Criminal-Obergerichtes [Circular of the Austrian Lower Appellate and Criminal Courts]

(ISLAM)

Vienna

September, 1826

Prescribes the appropriate formulae of oaths to be administered to members of the “Mohammedan Religion” in Austrian courts of law. Interestingly, this accomodation to Muslim sensibilities predates the Austrian conquest of Bosnia, with its predominantly Muslim population, by a full half century