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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
In 1829 it was mentioned in the foreign newspapers , that the Russian officers , on their entrance into Adrianople , after their victory at Schumla , had met Avith Freemasons . We also possess the report of a German physician , at Jassy , that he received there Masonic greeting from a benevolent dervish , Avith the information that he would find other friends in the Turkish Klosterclose to the of St
, mosque . Sophia , at Constantinople . Further particulars are mentioned b y a Leipzig merchant , called Schulze , Avho tells us that on a business journey into Servia he visited the Turkish Lodge , Alkotscha , at Belgrade . It consists of fift y brethren , whose religious dogmas seem to soar above the Korau , for each of them had only a single wife , and at their Table-Lod ges wine was quaffed freely . This Lodge is in connexion with the
Persian Freemasons , who are computed at 50 , 000 . Their Lodge Master , Ismael Zscholak , is also Grand Master for European Turkey . Mr . Schulze was received by him as honorary member of his Lodge , and had a letter given him to the acting Master of the Lodge at Leipzig , constituting him also their honorary member , upon which a very interesting correspondence was opened . Ali Pacha is considered as the restorer of Freemasonry in the Turkish empire . Q . W
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
In 1829 it was mentioned in the foreign newspapers , that the Russian officers , on their entrance into Adrianople , after their victory at Schumla , had met Avith Freemasons . We also possess the report of a German physician , at Jassy , that he received there Masonic greeting from a benevolent dervish , Avith the information that he would find other friends in the Turkish Klosterclose to the of St
, mosque . Sophia , at Constantinople . Further particulars are mentioned b y a Leipzig merchant , called Schulze , Avho tells us that on a business journey into Servia he visited the Turkish Lodge , Alkotscha , at Belgrade . It consists of fift y brethren , whose religious dogmas seem to soar above the Korau , for each of them had only a single wife , and at their Table-Lod ges wine was quaffed freely . This Lodge is in connexion with the
Persian Freemasons , who are computed at 50 , 000 . Their Lodge Master , Ismael Zscholak , is also Grand Master for European Turkey . Mr . Schulze was received by him as honorary member of his Lodge , and had a letter given him to the acting Master of the Lodge at Leipzig , constituting him also their honorary member , upon which a very interesting correspondence was opened . Ali Pacha is considered as the restorer of Freemasonry in the Turkish empire . Q . W