AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN Ottoman Turkey, dated 1272 AH (1856)
AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN Ottoman Turkey, dated 1272 AH (1856) Ottoman Turkish manuscript on cream paper, 5ll. to the page of black ink diwani script, at the top the elegant tughra of Abdul Mejid I (r. 1839 - 1861) in washed black ink with sprinkled gold dust, on the reverse sparse notes and signatures in black ink in Arabic and comments in pencil in English, possibly added by past owners, stating the subject of the firman, a permit for a ship leaving Constantinople in 1834, the folio 79cm x 56.5cm.
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AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN Ottoman Turkey, dated 1272 AH (1856) Ottoman Turkish manuscript on cream paper, 5ll. to the page of black ink diwani script, at the top the elegant tughra of Abdul Mejid I (r. 1839 - 1861) in washed black ink with sprinkled gold dust, on the reverse sparse notes and signatures in black ink in Arabic and comments in pencil in English, possibly added by past owners, stating the subject of the firman, a permit for a ship leaving Constantinople in 1834, the folio 79cm x 56.5cm.
Notes: Islamic & Indian Art
