This volume contains a collection of copies of letters written in a notebook to serve as exercises for translation into official Ottoman style. Some are more or less completely translated, but others are only provided with a marginal vocabulary or interlinear notes. The collection begins with part of a copy of a letter received from the Portuguese Ambassador 'expressing the esteem in which Sir Charles Napier was held by His Majesty the King of Portugal'. This is followed by a petition to the Sultan from the grand-niece of Lord Nelson. Most of the letters are dated 1860-61 CE, but there are some dated 1856, 1858, 1862, and 1867, which is probably the date of transcription.
[Sample Ottoman Turkish Correspondence]
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 12128
- Dates of Creation
- 1856-1867
- Language of Material
- English Turkish
- Physical Description
- Codex 67 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 67 ff. Dimensions : 219 mm x 200 mm. Script : Latin, rık'a.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Presented to the British Museum in 1957.