AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN FIRMAN BEARING THE TUGHRA OF SULTAN SELIM III, TURKEY, ISTANBUL, DATED 1209 AH/1794-95 ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper, 7 lines of Ottoman Turkish text in diwani script, surmounted by an illuminated tughra, framed, inv. no.Cal. 59-69 78 by 53cm. ProvenanceH.N. Bier, London, 1 August 1969, invoice no.17.Catalogue NoteThis firman is addressed to the judges of Istanbul and Galata to the effect that dragomans (tercüman) and their offspring should not be subjected to various extra taxes levied on non-Muslims. This was issued in response to a request from the French ambassador concerning the case of a certain Simyon, son of Kirgor.
AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN FIRMAN BEARING THE TUGHRA OF SULTAN SELIM III, TURKEY, ISTANBUL, DATED 1209 AH/1794-95 ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper, 7 lines of Ottoman Turkish text in diwani script, surmounted by an illuminated tughra, framed, inv. no.Cal. 59-69 78 by 53cm. ProvenanceH.N. Bier, London, 1 August 1969, invoice no.17.Catalogue NoteThis firman is addressed to the judges of Istanbul and Galata to the effect that dragomans (tercüman) and their offspring should not be subjected to various extra taxes levied on non-Muslims. This was issued in response to a request from the French ambassador concerning the case of a certain Simyon, son of Kirgor.
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