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Autograph letter signed 'V. Minorsky', addressed to [Osman] Turan who was Turkish academician and historian, (1914-1978).
VLADIMIR FEDOROVICH MINORSKY, (Russian orientalist and diplomat), (1877-1966). Letterhead '9, Green Street, Cambridge', Dated 13.10.1948, Cambridge, England, 1948. Original autograph letter signed by Vladimir Fedorovich Minorsky, sent to Turkish professor and historian Osman Turan, (1914-1978), was born in year when World War I started. He had some bad conditions in his childhood. Being in Ankara in years when DTCF established was a great chance for him. He was trained by Fuat Köprülü. His studies in the first period were about pre-Islamic Turkish history. But his studies after he became associate-professor were about Seljukians. There isn't a better studying in this field yet than his studies. (Source: Osman Turan's Life (1914/17 - 1978) and Historiography, Tufantoz). Letter has 12 lines in front, and 4 lines on verso, in English completely. It has a plan of a library, probably in the UK which shows Trinity and Sydney Colleges, etc. Letter says: "Dear Dr. Turan, Very good. We shall b