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1. Or 17004

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17004
Title:
Codex
Scope & Content:
As series of petitions and administrative documents, some of which appear to be from the Kaymakam of the Kaza of Kūt al-Amārah in present day Iraq. The administrative documents and petitions contain dates that range from 1306-1324 according to the Rumi calendar, while a solitary Persian letter...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
mid 17th century-early 20th century
Extent:
14 documents, 21 ff

2. Or 17004A

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Or 17004A
Title:
[Persian Letter]
Scope & Content:
A Persian letter written in exceptionally cursive Nastaᵓliq addressed to a Mr. Henry Kerry (?). The letter complains of the false information provided by a third individual to Mr. Kerry regarding the attitude of the writer to the addressee. The body of the correspondence makes mentions of severa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1065
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

3. Or 17004J

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

4. Or 17004K

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

5. Or 17004L

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

6. Or 17004M

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

7. Or 17004D

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17004D
Title:
[Ottoman Administrative Document]
Scope & Content:
An Ottoman administrative document addressed to Huzur Rasım Sufur (?) Hazret Vilayetpenahi. A petition sent from the Jewish community of the Qız Ali Mahalle, Eliahi Yusuf, regarding a dispute with another individual in Basra. A decision on the matter is included on the verso, with various cert...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1317
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

8. Or 17004G

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

9. Or 17004C

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17004C
Title:
[Ottoman administrative document]
Scope & Content:
An Ottoman administrative document addressed to Huzur-i Sami (?) Cenab Vilayetpenahi and dated 9 Mart 1317 of the Rumi calendar (9 March 1900). The document relates previous petitions made to the Aziziye Regency (?). The verso contains further explanation of the petition in a different hand and...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1317
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

10. Or 17004E

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17004E
Title:
[Ottoman Administrative Document]
Scope & Content:
A fragment of an Ottoman administrative document recorded in a hand similar to those of the other documents in this collection. The document requests a decision to reverse (?) a decision made by a Seyyit Şaker Efendi, taken on date of Seyit Abdülvehhab of the Grand Mosque's passing, in favour of...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 1 f