Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original 110 autograph letters (ALS) and several autograph postcards with almost all their original envelopes, one signed cabinet photograph, and one photograph album including Pertev Pasha's funeral photos which shows many famous politicians and soldiers beside his daughter Nevin Demirhan [Bengisu] and his wife Leman Demirhan. Various sizes. All material in Ottoman script. Most of letters addressed to his daughter Mrs. Nevin. His funeral album includes one newspaper clipping contains his short life, six newspaper obituaries, 20 b/w photos, of his funeral and famous people attending the funeral, one telegraph of condolences by Kazim Orbay, (1886-1964) and his wife Mrs. Orbay. Sait Pertev Demirhan, (1871-1964), was a Turkish soldier and politician. He is a graduate of Erkân-i Harbiye. He was an author, intellectual, Erkân-i Harbiye School teacher, 6. Army chief of staff, Harbiye Undersecretariat, 3rd Army Chief of Staff, 1st Corps and 4. Corps Commands, Military Schools Inspector, Member of History and Geography Councils, Member of Military Appeals Court, a deputy of Erzurum. He was the son of Yanyali Mustafa Pasha. He graduated from Harbiye as a staff captain (1892). In 1894 he was sent to Germany to advance his military education. After being a colonel, he was appointed to the Staff School as a teacher (1904). He was sent to the Russian-Japanese War as an observer. So, he written a book titled 'Japonlarin asil kuvveti: Japonlar niçin ve nasil yükseldi?' [i.e. The principal power of Japan: Why and how did Japan rise?] printed in 1937 in Turkish. He returned to Istanbul in 1906 and was promoted to "Pasha", and was appointed as the 6th Army Chief of Staff. He participated in the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and was on the Caucasian front during the First World War. He was sent to Vienna as a military diplomat. Upon his return, he moved to Anatolia to participate in the Turkish War of Independence. He died in Moda district of Kadiköy. A fine and rare collection.
