127 Days to the Circassian Genocide 150th year Commemoration
Document 113
July 30, 1859
A Letter from the Commander of Forces to the Head of the Mala-Labinsk Line, including the layout of the conditions to be imposed on those who are Leaving to Turkey.
The following rules have been laid concerning the expulsion of the subjugated Mountaineers:
1) They must apply for a leave to Turkey and not to immigrate, for in the latter case, their request must be denied, and it must be understood that it is not permitted by state Law, and those who allegiance to other powers will be treated as traitors in case they show up on our borders, and accordingly their properties will be confiscated and their serfs will be liberated.
2) The maximum “away period” allowed for those sent abroad is one year.
3) Those who are willing to stay for a longer period, whether because of illness or for special affairs, to request that through our Councils.
4) Any remaining period longer than the one specified, without permission, will be treated as an illegal resettlement to Turkey.
5) Those who leave to Turkey must conclude, in a proper manner, all their respective judicial and Personal affairs.
6) It is allowed for those who wish to take their family members and slaves, but are not allowed to sell those who do not wish to travel.
7) For the Mountaineers travelling abroad, not to interfere with the sale of their belongings of real estate, that are free from debts and lawsuits, and not to launch any investigation regarding the purpose behind selling their properties, and to avoid releasing any declarations in that regard.
8) The following should be declared to the all the expelled abroad:
A. They can receive their passports from the Governor of the city of Kerchinsk, the military commander of Anapa, or the Commander of Sokhumi, depending on the port that they wish to depart from.
B. They will be given a travel-pass to allow them to reach the farthest Russian port.
C. Passports are given in accordance with the time limit specified by the law, whether to Trabzon or to Istanbul. And one must appear in our embassy or consulate over there in order to receive other passports if they wish so.
D. Cutting off any financial aid disbursed from the Treasury for recipients from the date of their departure.
9) When a large number is leaving from the same region, have the police chief notify me each time with a submission of a name list of deportees in addition to a copy submitted to the Chief of Staff of the Caucasian Army with the group’s departure date determined.
10) When travelers are allowed to depart, they are required to pledge the following:
A) They will not rely in any way on financial aid from consulate, whether for travel or to support themselves, no matter how little the amount was.
B) They do not have the right to go to ports other than the three specific points: Kerch, Anapa and Sukhumi-Kale, to travel abroad.
C) For their journey through the sea, it should be done on board ships that are not prohibited, and anyone caught on board smuggling Turkish boats will be considered a traitor and will be subject to legal accountability.
11) Regarding Handling passports to the Mountaineers deported to Turkey, the Kerch Inekolec chief police have been notified to issue passports using the forms available to him in Kerch, including transit tickets, and passports for this purpose will be sent- upon my request- to the Anapa Head of military, from the civil Governor of Stavropol. And regarding the delivery of passports from Sokhumi, I have asked General Staff of the Caucasian Army to supply the necessary forms, supplying you with these regulations upon your highly respected report which I received on July 8, No. 949.
Informing you that the leader of the Bashilbay Tribe “Osalimbik Zathelog”, and with those under his authority, to seize(use) the Temporary vacation abroad, and attaching with this application a detailed information of his family an entourage, and will be immediately given passes in addition to the permission to our firs port. Arrangements have been made to return the secretariats taken from them this February, and they can receive them during their passing through the Ust-Labu(The port of Laba), as can not be to them are the secretariats cannot be returned earlier than that.
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