A COLLECTION OF OTTOMAN DOCUMENTS
A COLLECTION OF OTTOMAN DOCUMENTS

TURKEY AND OTTOMAN PROVINCES, MOSTLY 19TH CENTURY

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A COLLECTION OF OTTOMAN DOCUMENTS
TURKEY AND OTTOMAN PROVINCES, MOSTLY 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a Firman of Sultan Salim III (r. 1789-1807 AD) with imperial tughra and black diwani script, dated 26 Muharram AH 1209; A Firman of Sultan ‘Abd al-Majid I (r. 1830-61 AD) with imperial tughra and black and red diwani script, copied in Constantinople; Three Egyptian documents, dated 21 Ramadan AH 1295 ‘equivalent to 18 September 1878’, 21 Muharram AH 1287, and 17 Safar AH 1795; Three long Syrian legal documents, each with stamps at top, dated 26 Shawwal AH 1301, 17 Ramadan 1302, 27 Ramadan AH 1302, each mounted; A Syrian document dated 12 dhu al-Qa’da AH 1279, mounted; A Syrian document dated 16 Safar AH 1340; And a letter
The largest 31 x 10 ¾in. (78.5 x 27.3cm.)

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