Manuscript leaf, on paper, of an American gentleman's Ottoman travel permit, a mürūr tez̲keresi (مرور تذكره سی;Travel permit or internal passport), issued in Gümüşhane province of the Ottoman Empire. Document was issued for an American gentleman, named Berges[?] (برکیس), his wife, his translator, and his servant, who had traveled from Istanbul to Gümüşhane and wished to continue their travels to Erzurum in H. 1 Safar 1251/29 May 1835
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish., Title devised by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single columns of 9 diagonal lines., Script: Dīwānī., The document signed in H. 1 Safar 1251/29 May 1835., The American nobleman in question may be identified as Horatio Southgate (d. 1894) who documented his journey to Gümüşhane, which he undertook with a similar travel permit from the Ottoman Sultan. Compare: Southgate, H. Narrative of a Tour Through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia, p. 146., and Later hand annotations on top right of the document: Buyruldu (بيورلدي), a passport from a pasha.
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918 عبد الحميد الثاني, 1842-1918
Published / Created:
1896 November 1.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 254
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of a berāt (privilege) granting Shaykh Aḥmed Ẓarīfī (شىخ احمد ظريفي) 2.5 çift of fodūla (فدوله) (that is, 2.5 measures of a white-flour bread) from the revenue of the Evkāf-ı Hümāyun Nezāreti (اوقاف همایون نظارتی / the Ministry of Evkaf). Signed by Abdülhamid II and dated H. 25 Cumāde'l-ūlā 1314/1 November 1896
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish., Title devised by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., In dīwānī script., and Sultanic tughra and el-Ġāzi (الغازي) written in gold. Rubrication.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Shaykh Aḥmed Ẓarīfī.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish and Manuscripts, Turkish
