Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1910 — The Sublime Porte. [ARTICLE]

The Sublime Porte.

The phrase “the sublime porte” arises from an aspect of the sultan’s capital. The French words “sublime porte” are derived from “porta sublima,” meaning “thp lofty gate* Constantinople city used to have twelve gates, and near one was a building with an Imposing gateway called Bab-i-Humajun. In this butjding resided the grand vizier, and there also were the officers of* the chief ministers, whence all the edicts of state were issued. The French fihrase was adopted because at the time French was th* language of European diplomacy.