Bidspirit auction | Group of Ten Manuscript folios

Group of Ten Manuscript folios - Persia and Turkey, half 19th century An interesting group of folios, mostly of an epistolary nature, handwritten in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkish. As with the following lots, the content of the papers often refers to diplomatic issues between Russia and Persia and all folios date around the mid-19th century. Most of the writings are in Persian and concern the Persian Empire, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, territories that came under the control of the Russian Empire following the Russo- Persian wars of the early 19th century. The hypothesis is therefore that these are epistles, travel permits and letters containing historical events from the private library of a diplomat serving Russia during the period of the Great Game, a term used to describe the strategic and diplomatic rivalry between the British Empire and the Russian Empire in the 19th century for control of Central Asia. This lot includes: - A pamphlet sheet printed in Arabic. This is an advertisement for an important newspaper of the period, Hadiqat Al-Akhbar (The Garden of News) edited by Khalil al- Khuri, a central figure in the Nadha movement. The newspaper was the first Arabic paper published in Beirut, and its origins can be traced back to a group of Syrians gathered in the Médawar Literary Circle. - A printed newspaper folio with text about the war between the Ottomans and the Russians. Text in Turkish, dated 1270 AH (1854 AD) - Letter written on behalf of the pasha with text concerning Russia's efforts to obtain an outlet to the Mediterranean Sea. Dated 57 AH (1842 AD) - Elannameh (statement) in Persian on paper regarding the regulation of remuneration of Russian merchants in Persia. Dated 1265 AH (1849 AD). - Letter announcing four letters: one for the general stationed in Tiblisi, one for the general in St. Petersburg, one for Tehran and one for a lawyer. Text in Persian on paper. - Letter signed by a certain Ali Babak Yeravani, addressed to the Russian ambassador to complain about being beaten near Tehran. - Letter addressed to the writer's brothers concerning the organization of some land. Text in Persian on light blue paper, dated 1216 AH (1802 AD) - Testimonial letter with witness stamps. Persian text on paper. - Letter addressed to the Turkish ambassador. Persian text on paper, concerning the collection of a debt. - Letter for the collection of a debt. Persian text on paper.