Letter: JRL Genizah Ar. 92

Letter JRL Genizah Ar. 92

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JRL Genizah Ar. 92
Primary Language
Ottoman Turkish

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Description

Copy and/or draft of a letter in Ottoman Turkish, addressed to "Lord Cowan General" (قوان/Cowan). The Ottoman Empire (Devlet-i ʿAliye), "England," and "France" are all mentioned as state entities in the second line. Based on the paleography, international context, and honorifics, this fragment is possibly a copy of a letter that was sent to Walter Cowan (b. 1871–d. 1956 CE) who commanded British naval forces on the Nile in the late 1890s. (MCD with information provided kindly by Özgen Felek) Latin-script transliteration (Özgen Felek ed.): "Lord Kowan Ceneral’e (General) gidecek mektubun suretidur Devlet-i aliyyenün müttefiki olan İngiltere devleti tarafından Franca’da [...] masaliha-i amme[nin] tasdiknamelerin mübadelesi ..… tarihinden itiba[ren] ….. [kuvvetleri?] tarafından tahliye olunacağı şart ve karar virildiğinden …."

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Mentioned
England (region), France (region)

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Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL Gaster ar. 92; John Rylands Library, Manchester, Gaster Collection, Arabic Series 92
Input date
In PGP since 2021
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JRL Genizah Ar. 92 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto
Özgen Felek and Matthew Dudley's digital edition (2026).
  1. لودر قوان جنراله كيده جك مكتوبك صورتىیدر
  2. [[دولت علیه نك متفقى اولان انكلتره دولتى طرفندن]] فرانجه ده [...
  3. مصالحه عامه[[..ه]] تصديقنامه لرنك مباده له سی [[اول.قد]] تاريخدن اعتبا[راً...
  4. …]...لري طرفندن تخلیه اولنجغى شرط وقرار ویرلدیکندن .ك.[...
Özgen Felek and Matthew Dudley's digital translation (2026).

This is the copy of the letter that will be sent to Lord Cowan General

 

Because it has been decided and laid down as a condition, by the State of England which is an ally of the Sublime [Ottoman] State, that the exchange of certificates/letters of confirmation of public affairs in France…. from the date of… will be discharged/released by [military forces?]….

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL Genizah Ar. 92. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32872/ (accessed March 10, 2026).