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Lot Essay
This firman relates to the Russo-Turkish war of 1828-29. Written from Sultan Mahmud II to Prince Abdullah Khan - the Commander of the Ottoman Army on the Ottoman-Russian border - it details the rescue of the citizens of Daghestan from Russia following an official Daghestani mission to Sultan Mahmud II requesting his support. It describes how the Ottomans were not previously able to support Daghestan and Georgia due to their peace treaty with Russia but that following a Russian breach of this treaty, the Sultan had decided to help. This support in part sparked the Daghestani revolution against Russia which took place a few days after this firman was issued.
The firman was to be sent with the Ottoman statesman Mehmed Said Galip Pasha who was Grand Vizir between 1823-24 and was the signatory of the Treaty of Paris in 1802 which ended the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
Unusually it is written in Arabic, not Ottoman Turkish.
The firman was to be sent with the Ottoman statesman Mehmed Said Galip Pasha who was Grand Vizir between 1823-24 and was the signatory of the Treaty of Paris in 1802 which ended the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
Unusually it is written in Arabic, not Ottoman Turkish.