sublime porte

[Julene]

the Ottoman court in Constantinople

[GlendynaSlese]

The monumental portal at the Ottoman palace where the supreme tribunals were held; became the surname of the first palace in Burssa (now Brussa), transferred to the even grander Topkapi palace after the capitals transfer to Istanbul (the former Byzantine imperial capital Constantinople)

[Hina Muqadas]

A pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire

[ThomasSlege]

The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte (Ottoman Turkish: باب عالی, romanized: Bāb-ı Ālī or Babıali, from Arabic: باب, romanized: bāb, lit. gate and عالي, alī, lit. high), was a synecdoche for the central government of the Ottoman Empire.