This article examines the case of a Bosnian brother and sister at the center of a diplomatic dispute between Austria and the Ottoman Empire in 1852. Mara Illić had to cross the border into Austria in order to board a ship that would take her to Anatolia with the household of a paşa who had been banished. Milan called upon Austrian authorities to “liberate” Mara, whom he claimed had been enslaved when she was “forced” to convert to Islam as a young child. Austria's defense of its seizure of the girl and the Ottomans' insistence that she be returned reflect tension over sovereignty, jurisdiction, and personhood. The border brings into stark relief the conflict between different ways of conceptualizing categories like freedom and slavery, contract and coercion, confession and nationality.

本文研究了1852年奥地利和奥斯曼帝国之间外交争端中心的波斯尼亚兄弟姐妹的案件。马拉·伊利奇（MaraIllić）必须越过边界进入奥地利，以便登上一艘将她带到安纳托利亚的船。被流放的帕萨（paşa）的家庭。米兰呼吁奥地利当局“解放”玛拉，他声称玛拉曾在“被迫”年轻时convert依伊斯兰教时被奴役。奥地利为夺取该女孩而辩护，以及奥斯曼帝国坚持将其遣返，反映了对主权，管辖权和人格的紧张。边界使各种概念化的类别（如自由与奴隶制，契约与强制，认罪与国籍）之间的冲突变得十分明显。