Official Ottoman Document 1906 with Seal For the Benefit of the Hamidiye Hejaz Railway Mecca Hajj Saudi Arabia ephemera Script: Ottoman Turkish (Arabic alphabet)

Script: Ottoman Turkish (Arabic alphabet)

documents the ownership of an olive grove located in the district of Kilis

This deed is a rare legal artifact that not only documents a significant real estate transaction but also reveals the complex ethnic and religious dynamics of a transforming empire

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Official Ottoman Document 1906 with Seal For the Benefit of the Hamidiye Hejaz Railway Mecca Hajj Saudi Arabia ephemera Script: Ottoman Turkish (Arabic alphabet)Official Ottoman Document with Seal For the Benefit of the Hamidiye Hejaz Railway (1906) Description: This is an original Ottoman era official document dated October 30, 1906, bearing a distinctive round seal that reads: Hamidiye Hicaz Demiryolu Menfaati in Mahsustur (Designated for the Benefit of the Hamidiye Hejaz Railway). Documents like this were issued on specially printed and stamped papers sold by the state, with the revenue allocated directly