This article examines the causes and repercussions of the flight of two-dozen Orthodox Christian merchants from Ottoman Bosnia to Habsburg Croatia in 1873. The seemingly minor event quickly escalated from an isolated border incident to a full-blown diplomatic crisis-defused only with the merchants' repatriation, the recall of a Habsburg consul, and the removal of the Ottoman provincial governor and other officials. After outlining the course of events and increasing Ottoman-Habsburg tensions, the article turns to the refugees' efforts to affect the outcome of emerging crisis. Although ultimately of little influence, the refugees' sophisticated invocation of international legal norms reflected a largely conservative trust in the international system's ability to rectify perceived violations of treaty terms-a belief that quickly vanished after the outbreak of the Eastern Crisis in 1875.

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少数人的高风险：1873-74 年哈布斯堡-奥斯曼边境的逃亡、外交和难民回归

本文探讨了 1873 年两打东正教商人从奥斯曼波斯尼亚逃往克罗地亚哈布斯堡的原因和影响。这起看似微不足道的事件迅速从孤立的边境事件升级为一场全面的外交危机——仅与商人一起化解遣返、罢免哈布斯堡执政官、罢免奥斯曼帝国省长和其他官员。在概述了事件的进程和奥斯曼-哈布斯堡王朝日益紧张的局势之后，文章转向难民为影响新出现的危机结果所做的努力。尽管最终影响不大，但难民对国际法律规范的复杂援引反映了对国际体系的保守信任。