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: - Paper in Ottoman Turkish with text about grapes - 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. - Letter concerning the properties of Russian merchants in Persia. Text in Persian on paper, dated 1202 AH (1837 AD as confirmed by the date in Latin characters at the top) - Letter announcing the death of an architect in Tiblisi. Persian text on paper, dated 1203 AH (1837 AD as confirmed by the date in Latin characters above) - Letter in Persian on paper, signed by a certain Abdullhamid asking for a money loan - Letter in response to a writing. Text in fine Persian script on paper. - Part of a letter written by a merchant who sold some silk fabric in Moscow. Persian text on paper. - Letter denouncing the fact that the minister sent emissaries for a debt collection. Persian text on paper - Letter of attempted debt collection from a certain Kablali Khan Afshar. Persian text on paper dated 1265 (1849 AD) - Letter about a theft. Persian text on paper, dated 1265 (1849 AD