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II. 1914 - 18 Russian occupation of Kurdistan Western Persia under
WWI. Entente against· the opposition, the
Central Powers Military & Russia
Both Russian and Persian milita7 censor
During the Russian occupation the Kurdistan administration was run by Persian civil
and military authorities.

From the Modele ,',2
Iranian
Telegraph
Office in
Hamad an
24 VI 1916
to Tapriz
arriving
' 3- VII.16
Received
both a
Russian
and a
Persian
military
censor
43xl0mm
(elusive)
Single rate
6 chahi

Persian censor "Was censured in Kurdistan 1334" in Persian in combination with
Russian/Persian military censor

From Recht
8 July
1916
via
Hamadan
to Senneh
arriving
20 July
Rate
II class
9 chahi
The
Russian/
Persian
rectanguJ ar
censor at
reversal