Kokand / Uzbekistan: Dervish Sufi Portrait Russian Turkestan Rilde (Vintage PC ~1910s)

antique postcard from the russian empire period circa 1905 to 1917

showing an ethnographic portrait of a dervish in kokand uzbekistan russian turkestan the central asian sufi muslim man is depicted in traditional clothing standing next to a studio brick wall prop captioned at the bottom in pre reform cyrillic script kokand dervish

reverse side features printed russian text pochtovaya kartochka and vertical publisher credit izd z rilde v kokande

unposted blank back in very good clean unused vintage condition with sharp corners and no major defects as shown in the scans highly collectible and rare piece for collectors of central asia history uzbekistan topographica islamic sufi culture or russian empire paper memorabilia

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally unposted

condition: very good to excellent...please also refer to scans which show complete front and backside of postcard

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