معاهدة قينارجة (كوتشك قاينارجة)

A treaty of peace signed at Küçük Kaynarca in Bulgaria in 1187 AH / 1774 CE in the reign of Sultan Abd al-Hamid I, after Russia had won a victory over the Ottomans at Varna, and the grand vizier asked for peace. ²

Al-Salabi mentions among its clauses: the recognition by both sides of the independence of the Crimea, and its freedom to choose a khan without tribute, with its religious affairs remaining in the sultan's hands since they were Muslims, and the withdrawal of the Ottoman troops from the Crimea. ²

It included the appointment of a Russian ambassador in Istanbul, and the state's undertaking to protect the rights of the Christians and their churches, and the freedom of Russian monks to visit Jerusalem without tribute. The Russians were given freedom of navigation and trade in the Ottoman ports, and the right to build a church in Galata under the protection of their ambassador. The state was to pay fifteen thousand purses over three years. ²

Al-Salabi holds that these terms show the end of Ottoman control of the Black Sea and prepared the diplomatic foundations for the later intervention. ²