AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDUL HAMID II, TURKEY
An Ottoman Turkish manuscript on watermarked paper, 6 lines to the page, written in Diwani script in black, sprinkled in gold, gold dots and cintamani motifs, surmounted by a large tughra.
The present firman was issued during the reign of Sultan ABDUL HAMID II, under request of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad Jamaluddin Effendi (1891-1909) (first period) to appoint Muhammad said effendi as the judge of Kudus, Jerusalem.
80 by 57 cm.
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An Ottoman Turkish manuscript on watermarked paper, 6 lines to the page, written in Diwani script in black, sprinkled in gold, gold dots and cintamani motifs, surmounted by a large tughra.
The present firman was issued during the reign of Sultan ABDUL HAMID II, under request of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad Jamaluddin Effendi (1891-1909) (first period) to appoint Muhammad said effendi as the judge of Kudus, Jerusalem.
80 by 57 cm.
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