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fol. 38-41: About reform of the judicial system accomplished in Palestine; demission of 2 families: Haldi (favorable for Orthodox) and Huseini (favorale for Latins) that were corrupt and kept posts in Jerusalem's tribunals; governor of Palestine Rauf-pacha removes them from office; Haldi and Huseini send petition to the Porte; new tribunal personal doesn't have experience; Rauf-pacha could organize good tribunals, but he's weak-willed and influenced by Latins; justice, administration.

Director of "Banque Commerciale de Palestine" Selim Ayub had concession for production of phosphate, sulphur, mineral pitch, petroleum in the area between Dead Sea and Bethlehem; military situation, Orthodox community, Ottoman administration, violations of Russian subjects' rights in tribunal, public security, increasing crime, 50 supplementary police agents, Russian church on Mount Carmel. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.F. Kruglov Recipient: First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.

Schedule and 34 documents; official and private correspondence, programme of the sojourn, list of local recipients of Russian awards, maps of Jerusalem and suburbs. Detailed description of visited places, organization of the journey.

fol. 4-5v : from Russian chargé d'affaires in Jerusalem T. P. Iouzefovitch to Russian minister in Constantinople N. P. Ignatiev; report and translation of a Patriarchate's project; improvement of the situation of Arabic Orthodox community; religious situation.

fol. 42-43v : from Russian chargé d'affaires in Jerusalem T. P. Iouzefovitch to Russian minister in Constantinople N. P. Ignatiev; letter; banned newspaper "Phare du Bosphore"; press; Prussian dragoman stole an archaeological object found by French dragoman Clermont-Ganneau; archaeology.

fol. 24-25v; 28-29 : from Russian minister in Constantinople N. P. Ignatiev to Russian chargé d'affaires in Jerusalem T. P. Iouzefovitch; secret order and copy of a telegram in Greek; Russian position regarding the election of a new Patriarch; religious situation.

fol. 1-6 : from Russian consul in Jerusalem V. F. Kojevnikov to Russian minister in Constantinople N. P. Ignatiev; secret report; setting up of the invalidation of the excommunication of ex-Patriarch Cyrille; religious situation.

fol. 89-89v : from Russian consul in Jerusalem Dorgoboujinov to Russian minister in Constantinople A. B. Lobanov-Rostovsky; report; extension of passports for two pilgrims serving in Jerusalem (Russian date 1860-03-06).

fol. 1-2 : from Russian consul in Jerusalem K.A. Sokolov to Russian minister in Constantinople A. B. Lobanov-Rostovsky; report; bad atmosphere in Jerusalem; consul's health problems.

fol. 5-6v : from Russian consul in Jerusalem K.A. Sokolov to Russian minister in Constantinople A. B. Lobanov-Rostovsky; report; enlistment in the Ottoman army of Muslim kavass serving in European consulates.