[WW1/ RED SEA COASTS / BRITAIN] Donanma: Donanma Cemiyeti’nin haftalik gazetesidir. No. 99 [sic. 97]-49. 10 Haziran 1915.

Donanma Cemiyeti, 1915.

Original pictorial wrappers. Tabloid size: (38 x 26 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [15] p., (pp. 769-784) richly illustrated.

A rare issue of the "Navy" newspaper, published weekly by the Ottoman Naval Society, with a reproduced photograph on the cover showing an Ottoman commander and Arab tribes on the Red Sea coasts, who cooperated against the British forces during World War 1. Written on the cover: “Bahr-i Ahmer sahilinde Cuma-yi serîfi mel’ûn Ingilizler tarafindan tahrîb edilip urbânin mahallî kumandani ile birlikte düsmandan ahz-i sâr için galeyân ile ahd û peyman etmeleri”. [i.e., A contract of revenge was signed with the local commander after the town of "Moulikh(?)" on the Red Sea coast was destroyed by the British forces on Friday].