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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 14a

Page: 37
Date: 23. 8. 49.
Location: Sleymanl
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Sleymanl {gl: I misspelt it}
Half an hour south of Sakaltutan.
Outcrop of rock marking escarpment, village on the escarpment - high cliff.
142 houses (Muhtar) 820 people.
Muhtar Ismail - modern house, poorer looking, very similar furnishings - coffee cups, duvar
takvimi with dates and times of prayer. Warm welcome - hard-boiled eggs and milk and bread.
Child (incomprehensible) {gl: sent as guide } to next village. {gl: because} Beki busy.
School - Eitmen
Mosque

Man from Sleymanl came in with blood on him after contact with trespassing shepherds from
neighbouring village.
k<Sleymanl, food, violence>
Democrat and Halk
k<politics>


{com: singulalrly uninformative. I think I was doing a bicycle tour to choose}

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