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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 10957
Title:: Incha, ou formulaire de lettres, requêtes et autres pièces addressées aux authorités turques
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a collection of official letters which passed between the French Embassy in Istanbul and the Porte on the commercial affairs of French subjects, as well as other topics. Those on ff 5v, 6r, 6v, 7r, 7v, 8v and 51v are dated 1090 AH (1679-80 CE). The letters are followed by n...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: Late 17th century
Extent:: Codex, 66 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12091
Title:: [Ottoman Berat]
Scope & Content:: This Imperial Berat (exequatur) was granted, at the request of the British Ambassador at the Sublime Porte, Sir Thomas Bendish, to William Prideaux, appointed Consul at İzmir in place of Joseph Edwards. At the top of the document is the tuğra of Mehmet IV, richly decorated. The Berat is date...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1069
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12997
Title:: [Cülusname] - [جلوسنامه]
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a cülusname or letter from Sultan Süleyman II (reigned 1687-91 CE) to James II, 'King of England, Scotland and Ireland', dated Saturday, 2 Muharrem 1099 AH (Thursday, 8 November 1687 CE) announcing the Sultan's accession and promising that the Ottoman government would mainta...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1099
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

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