An interesting story about Kazakh soldiers (who were fighting for Russia) finding Ottoman soldiers in hiding:
"When one Turkish-held village fell to the Russians, a group
of sixty Ottoman soldiers took refuge in a hayloft. They were discovered by three Russian Muslim soldiers of a Kazak regiment who, after making the
of sixty Ottoman soldiers took refuge in a hayloft. They were discovered by three Russian Muslim soldiers of a Kazak regiment who, after making the
Turks prove they were Muslim by showing their circumcised penises, left them in hiding. βBrothers, be quiet and wait here,β the Kazaks explained, βwe are leaving now.β Such fraternization between Muslim soldiers across battle lines met with Etiβs full approval."
- From "The Fall of the Ottoman Empire" pg 108
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