I, Sultan Şevket Hân Hazretleri, Padişah, Sovereign of the Sublime Imperial House of Osman, Commander of the Faithful and Successor to the Prophet of the Lord of the Universe, Sultan of Sultans, Khan of Khans, Shah of Shahs, Kaisar of Rûm, Grand Sultan of Anatolia and Rumelia, Khagan of the Two Lands and the Two Seas, Padishah of All Under Heaven in General and of the Cities of Bursa, Konstantiniyye, Troy, Ankara, Antalya, Kutahya, Alacahisar, Kayseri, Sofya, Sivas, Zmit, Tirnova, Selanik, Samsun, Sinop, Edirne, Filibe, Denizu, Manastir, Gelibolu, Uskub, Yanina, Zmir, Znik, Gordes, Amasya, Marmaris, Nobirda, Mula, Eskiehir, Ereli, Bodrum, and Bosna-Saray in Particular, etc., etc., hereby declare a jihad of the sword against the self-styled "Empire" of Trebizond under the Leonid dynasty!

All pious Muslims are urged to join in this holy struggle against the Trapezuntine unbelievers, and those currently suffering under the cruel yoke of the Leonids are urged to rise up and revolt!

Inshallah!