Item RU-AVPRI/180/1846/ff17-18 - About the departure of governor Tevfik-Bey

1 item, fol. 17-18

Report; departure of governor Tevfik-Bey, bad impression after 3,5-years service; description of Tevfik-Bey: educated, with good manners, but shy, inexperienced, could not control administration, guided by Administrative council, didn't have support in Porte, his staff was corrupt, inefficient for Greek Patriarch and Russian consulate, after German emperor's visit is less favorable for Orthodoxy. Military chief Rifat-Pasha is acting governor; local administration, personalities. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: Russian ambassador in Constantinople I.A. Zinoviev.