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Lot Essay
This firman, issued in the first year of the reign of Abdülhamid I, confirms the rights and income of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Istanbul and the re-arrangement of endowments including those in Gümushane, Karahisar, Karaman. It states that the firman should be regarded as the Imperial seal of approval with regards to matters concerning the Greek Orthodox patriarch and her constituent churches. Text in Greek confirms the arrival of the firman and its presentation by the Patriarch by a Bishop of the Church.
Another firman of Abdülhamid I is in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (2295, Hazirlayan Ayshegül Nadir, Imperial Ottoman Firmans, exhibition catalogue, Turkey, 1987, no. 54, pp. 132-33). A third is in the David Collection (Kjeld von Folsach (ed.), Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal, Copenhagen, 1996, no.387, pp.411-12). All three examples contain floral cartouches as part of their decorative repertoires and reflect the European influence that Ottoman art was subject to from the beginning of the 18th century.
Another firman of Abdülhamid I is in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (2295, Hazirlayan Ayshegül Nadir, Imperial Ottoman Firmans, exhibition catalogue, Turkey, 1987, no. 54, pp. 132-33). A third is in the David Collection (Kjeld von Folsach (ed.), Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal, Copenhagen, 1996, no.387, pp.411-12). All three examples contain floral cartouches as part of their decorative repertoires and reflect the European influence that Ottoman art was subject to from the beginning of the 18th century.