Amurath to Amurath, by Gertrude Bell - lt

[Cbteddy]

May I have sections 10 and 11?

[Lynnet]

May I have sections 10 and 11?

Sure

[Cbteddy]

Hoping someone can please tell me what this currency should be read as? £T15

I'm thinking the first symbol is for pounds sterling, but I'm unsure of the T. Google has not been any help

[Lynnet]

Hoping someone can please tell me what this currency should be read as? £T15

I'm thinking the first symbol is for pounds sterling, but I'm unsure of the T. Google has not been any help

£ is definitely the pound sign, but no idea about the T.

The only reference I can find is that it refers to Darius The Great… but as his dates appear to have been 522-486 BCE I’m not sure how that is applicable

[Cbteddy]

Hoping someone can please tell me what this currency should be read as? £T15

I'm thinking the first symbol is for pounds sterling, but I'm unsure of the T. Google has not been any help

£ is definitely the pound sign, but no idea about the T.

The only reference I can find is that it refers to Darius The Great… but as his dates appear to have been 522-486 BCE I’m not sure how that is applicable

Thank you! I also saw the reference to Darius the Great, but I figured it was too long ago to be relevant.

[PaulWelford]

Hoping someone can please tell me what this currency should be read as? £T15

I'm thinking the first symbol is for pounds sterling, but I'm unsure of the T. Google has not been any help

Ottoman Pounds. There is actually a definition later in the text but here is a full description from the web.

The Ottoman lira replaced the piastre (Turkish: kuruş) as the principal unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire, with the piastre continuing to circulate as a subdivision of the lira, with 100 piastres = 1 lira. The para also continued to be used, with 40 para = 1 piastre.

Until the 1930s, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with پاره for para, قروش for kuruş and ليرا for lira (تورك ليراسي for 'Turkish lira'). In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French and the pound in English.[3] English-language publications used "£T" as the sign for the currency,[4][5] but it is unknown whether it was ever used natively.

[Lynnet]

Hoping someone can please tell me what this currency should be read as? £T15

I'm thinking the first symbol is for pounds sterling, but I'm unsure of the T. Google has not been any help

Ottoman Pounds. There is actually a definition later in the text but here is a full description from the web.

The Ottoman lira replaced the piastre (Turkish: kuruş) as the principal unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire, with the piastre continuing to circulate as a subdivision of the lira, with 100 piastres = 1 lira. The para also continued to be used, with 40 para = 1 piastre.

Until the 1930s, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with پاره for para, قروش for kuruş and ليرا for lira (تورك ليراسي for 'Turkish lira'). In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French and the pound in English.[3] English-language publications used "£T" as the sign for the currency,[4][5] but it is unknown whether it was ever used natively.

Interesting, but how would Claire read it?

[PaulWelford]

Hoping someone can please tell me what this currency should be read as? £T15

I'm thinking the first symbol is for pounds sterling, but I'm unsure of the T. Google has not been any help

Ottoman Pounds. There is actually a definition later in the text but here is a full description from the web.

The Ottoman lira replaced the piastre (Turkish: kuruş) as the principal unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire, with the piastre continuing to circulate as a subdivision of the lira, with 100 piastres = 1 lira. The para also continued to be used, with 40 para = 1 piastre.

Until the 1930s, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with پاره for para, قروش for kuruş and ليرا for lira (تورك ليراسي for 'Turkish lira'). In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French and the pound in English.[3] English-language publications used "£T" as the sign for the currency,[4][5] but it is unknown whether it was ever used natively.

Interesting, but how would Claire read it?

‘Ottoman Pounds’. As I said, it’s actually defined later in the text.

[Cbteddy]

Ottoman Pounds. There is actually a definition later in the text but here is a full description from the web.

The Ottoman lira replaced the piastre (Turkish: kuruş) as the principal unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire, with the piastre continuing to circulate as a subdivision of the lira, with 100 piastres = 1 lira. The para also continued to be used, with 40 para = 1 piastre.

Until the 1930s, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with پاره for para, قروش for kuruş and ليرا for lira (تورك ليراسي for 'Turkish lira'). In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French and the pound in English.[3] English-language publications used "£T" as the sign for the currency,[4][5] but it is unknown whether it was ever used natively.

Interesting, but how would Claire read it?

‘Ottoman Pounds’. As I said, it’s actually defined later in the text.

Paul to the rescue. Thank you! I'll have these sections recorded this weekend

[Cbteddy]

Hello! Here are sections 10 and 11.

10 (29:37)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/amurathtoamurath_10_bell_128kb.mp3

11 (43:01)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/amurathtoamurath_11_bell_128kb.mp3

[Lynnet]

Hello! Here are sections 10 and 11.

10 (29:37)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/amurathtoamurath_10_bell_128kb.mp3

11 (43:01)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/amurathtoamurath_11_bell_128kb.mp3

Thank you.

[PaulWelford]

Hello! Here are sections 10 and 11.

10 (29:37)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/amurathtoamurath_10_bell_128kb.mp3

11 (43:01)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/amurathtoamurath_11_bell_128kb.mp3

Thanks Claire 10 is PL OK

[PaulWelford]

Hello! Here are sections 10 and 11.

10 (29:37)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/amurathtoamurath_10_bell_128kb.mp3

11 (43:01)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/amurathtoamurath_11_bell_128kb.mp3

11 too