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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004F
Title:: [Ottoman Administrative Document]
Scope & Content:: A report about a bandit (eşkiya) in the Hin (?) Region and the resulting theft of property, as well as complaints about security on some routes in the region. The complaint contains two stamps - one 1 Piastre (purple) and one 1 Kuruş (mauve) - each of which has been overwritten with a date and...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1322
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004G
Title:: [Ottoman Administrative Complaints]
Scope & Content:: A collection of complaints or petitions relating to expenditures, including two addressed envelopes. Both envelopes (ff. 3 and 8) are addressed to Huzur-i Sami Hazret-i Vilayetpenahi. Folio 3v also bears an inked cancellation (?) stamp in both Ottoman Turkish and French with the words Kiout-ul-A...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1324
Extent:: Codex, 8 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004H
Title:: [Report on sheep duties]
Scope & Content:: A report on sheep duties to be collected for the Mandali (Mendelî) Kazası region among various tribes settled about the Tigris addressed to Huzur-i Sami Hazret-i Vilayetpenahi. It makes specific mention of the individuals Farhan Helil, Mancal, Hubûl, Acemi, Thabīt, Jāsim al-Dawḥi, Şindûx and Ghā...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1312
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004I
Title:: [Complaint about sheep in Dim Kazası]
Scope & Content:: A letter requesting the recapture of some 500 sheep from Dim Kazası while on their way to an island in Samarra Kazası by members of the Shammar tribe. The claimant is requesting return of the sheep or compensation for them. The original complaint is dated 10 Şubat 1317 (10 February 1901) and c...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Armenian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1317
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004J
Title:: [Petition for cancellation of fees]
Scope & Content:: A petition requesting the cancelation of fees (?), with a response from the Mühasebe of the Vilayet of Baghdad on f. 1v. The letter is dated 22 Temmuz 1307 (22 July 1890) and contains the seal of Abdurrezzak (1084 AH) alongside a 1 Kuruş stamp (brown). The verso contains a decision from the Ev...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1307
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004K
Title:: [Ottoman Petition]
Scope & Content:: An undated petition signed by 32 individuals, 31 of whom have sealed it, to the Vilayetpenahi of an unspecified kaza. The seals, paper and handwriting are similar to other petitions from this collection. Undated inscriptions of receipt (?) are found at the top left corner of f. 1r and top right...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: late 19th century
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004L
Title:: [Ottoman Petition]
Scope & Content:: A petition, dated 11 Haziran 1307 / 17 Ziulkaade 1306 AH(15 July 1889), request redress for the failure to repay a debt (?) during the period of 16 Tişrin-i Sani 1306 (16 November 1888) to 11 Haziran 1307 (11 June 1891). The petition, located on f. 2r, includes eight parties, six of whom have pr...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1307
Extent:: 1 text, 2 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004M
Title:: [Ottoman Petition]
Scope & Content:: A petition regarding a request for the Meclis-i Idare's extension or amendment (?) of certain rights afforded the petitioner by the police administration of the Vilayet of Baghdad upon obtaining a travel visa in Tişrin-i Evvel 1302 (October 1885). The petition is dated 17 Tişrin-i Evvel 1306 (1...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1306
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004N
Title:: [Ottoman Petition Regarding the Sharᵓiyah Court of Baghdad]
Scope & Content:: A petition from the Bab-i Niyabet (?) of the Sharᵓiya Court of Baghdad regarding the lack of an appropriate salary (maaş) paid to him (?) from the month of Şubat 1303 (February 1887) to the present. The claimant requests a firman authorizing the payment of such a salary in the present month. T...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1307
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

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