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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3286/5/14
Alt Ref NoMS 3826 Box 6/3
TitlePhotographs sent by Cox to Calder
Date1924
Extent1 bundle
DescriptionEnvelope marked "Cox's photos Isaurika 1924 - see JRS XIV", containing large and small photographs with pencil notes on reverse The photographs show inscribed stones, but also show general views, groups of expeditions members, problems with a capsized covered wagon, and the like. The envelope also contains a letter from CWM Cox to Calder dated 3 October 1924, accompanying t5he photographs and discussing Cox's plans.
Also letter to Calder from Julian Palmer dated Club de Constantinople, Péra, Constantinople, 9 September 1924, enclosing an article (not present) and also saying that he is about to marry a Turkish girl, and as he wishes to stay in Turkey he is converting to Islam; Turkish laws at the time forbid a Muslim woman to remain in Turkey if she marries a non-Muslim announcing his intention to marry a Turkish woman and convert to Islam.
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