Passports
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Collection of letters in Arabic serving as passports or requests for safe conduct in the Caucasus
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1258
Scope and Contents
The 'passport' letters written in Arabic are numbered in pencil and have been identified tentatively (in 1987, by a member of the Dept. of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies) as follows:
- Letter 1: Open letter addressed to a local notable and headman requesting them to afford the bearer every assistance in the course of the journey. Signed by a Russian official, and bearing a Russian seal-stamp.
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Dates:
1888