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This firman awards the Mecidiye Order of the second class to the outgoing Charge d'Affaires of the Greek Embassy in Istanbul, a Monsieur 'Isa. It is dated the middle of Jumadi al-Awwal 1281 / October 1864.
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OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA AL-AWWAL AH 1281/OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1864 AD
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AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDULAZIZ (R.1861-76)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA AL-AWWAL AH 1281/OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1864 AD
Ink and gold on burnished paper, with 3ll. of elegant black diwani script, a monogram and a signature line in gold diwani on a ground of gold dots, the large gold tughra of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz at the top, the reverse two further stylised monograms and a short line of naskh, a vertical and three horizontal creases from folding
22 x 14¼in. (55.8 x 36.2cm.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA AL-AWWAL AH 1281/OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1864 AD
Ink and gold on burnished paper, with 3ll. of elegant black diwani script, a monogram and a signature line in gold diwani on a ground of gold dots, the large gold tughra of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz at the top, the reverse two further stylised monograms and a short line of naskh, a vertical and three horizontal creases from folding
22 x 14¼in. (55.8 x 36.2cm.)
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