Letter by Nawruz Ahmad b. Sivinj Khan to Sultan Sulayman I
| Date | Ramazan 961 / 31.7.1554 - 29.8.1554 |
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| Content | Letter written by Nawruz Ahmad b. Sivinj Khan from Samarqand to the Ottoman Sultan Sulayman I. He prepares himself for fighting against the Qizilbash in Khurasan and Iraq. The 300 requested armed men have arrived to support his plans. | |
| Type | namah | |
| Category | Letters and Correspondence | |
| Archive | Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Arşivi (İstanbul) | |
| Publication | Fekete, Lajos, and György Hazai, eds. Einführung in die persische Paläographie: 101 Dokumente. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1977. 425-31;Tafeln 169-74 | |
| Keywords | conquest | qizilbash | military | Ottoman Empire | |
| Individuals | Sulayman I, Sultan | |
| Places | Iraq | Samarqand | Khurasan | |
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