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IRL (In Real Life) => Enigmas of the Mystical => Topic started by: besilarius on May 12, 2015, 06:33:45 AM

Title: Cossacks reply to the Sultan
Post by: besilarius on May 12, 2015, 06:33:45 AM
http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/05/10/the-rudest-diplomatic-letter-ever-written/

If this isn't true, it should be.
Title: Re: Cossacks reply to the Sultan
Post by: Atilla60 on May 12, 2015, 09:32:23 AM
Excellent   ;D
Title: Re: Cossacks reply to the Sultan
Post by: LongBlade on May 12, 2015, 09:43:35 AM
Heh.

Could have been written by several folks around here.
Title: Re: Cossacks reply to the Sultan
Post by: Nefaro on May 12, 2015, 03:01:50 PM
While the actual words are probably later productions than the original time attributed, there was certainly no love lost between the Ottomans and the various Slavs, notably the Cossacks.   

They especially hated their underling, the Crimean Khanate, because they had a long history of raiding their Christian neighbors for slaves and selling many to the Turks.  So it wouldn't surprise me if any original replies were of the same nastiness.  ;D