A Petition from Circassian leaders to Her Majesty Queen Victoria
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A Petition from Circassian leaders to Her Majesty Queen Victoria was a document sent by Circassian leaders to Queen Victoria on April 7, 1864 complaining about Russian genocidal actions that made up the Circassian genocide. The document requests British military aid, or in the worst case, humanitarian aid, to the Circassian people.[1][2][3] Only the English version of the text exists today. Presumably, however, it was written in Ottoman Turkish, and then translated to English by Henry Bulwer, the British ambassador in Istanbul.
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A Petition from Circassian leaders to Her Majesty Queen Victoria | |
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Created | Shawwal 29, 1280 (April 7, 1864) |
Author(s) | Prominent Circassian leaders |
Signatories | Circassia |
Subject | Circassian genocide |
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