A FIRMAN OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (1808-1839)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1229/1814-15 AD
A FIRMAN OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (1808-1839) OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1229/1814-15 AD Turkish manuscript on paper, vertical format, with a large gold tughra above 7ll. of red and green diwani on gold-speckled ground issuing small gold-speckled arabesques into the right hand margin, the lines of script alternated with bands of gold cintamani and small roundels, a further line of red diwani above on similar gold-speckled ground and a line below with a red signature in a pomegranate-shaped gold panel, a few later notes to the reverse, old crease lines and slight rubbing 60½ x 21¼in. (153.7 x 54.1cm.)
A FIRMAN OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (1808-1839)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1229/1814-15 AD
A FIRMAN OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (1808-1839) OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1229/1814-15 AD Turkish manuscript on paper, vertical format, with a large gold tughra above 7ll. of red and green diwani on gold-speckled ground issuing small gold-speckled arabesques into the right hand margin, the lines of script alternated with bands of gold cintamani and small roundels, a further line of red diwani above on similar gold-speckled ground and a line below with a red signature in a pomegranate-shaped gold panel, a few later notes to the reverse, old crease lines and slight rubbing 60½ x 21¼in. (153.7 x 54.1cm.)
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