By: Ardis E. Parshall - August 27, 2013 Saim Abd al-Samid was born in Istambul (now Constantinople), Turkey, probably in the late 1870s (there remains much research to do before his story can be fully known). He was a member of an upper-class family, and received an excellent education, graduating from “the highest official institution” of that city as a civil engineer/surveyor. Whether it was his family ties or his professional acco...
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