AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN MUSTAFA III (R. 1757-74)
AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN MUSTAFA III (R. 1757-74)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 7 RABI' II AH 1177/12 JULY 1763 AD

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AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN MUSTAFA III (R. 1757-74)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 7 RABI' II AH 1177/12 JULY 1763 AD
Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, the firman with the green tughra of Sultan Mustafa III, surmounting 8ll. of alternating green and red diwani script on gold-sprinkled ground, a further single line above the tughra, gold roundels interspersed within the text, a line of calligraphy contained in a roundel surrounded by a vegetal motif in the lower left hand corner, occasional later notes in the margins and on the reverse, fold marks
30¾ x 21 1/8in. (78.2 x 53.7cm.)

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The text of this firman concerns the appointment of Isma'il bin 'Ali as the secretary to the Dar al-Sa'ada Aghasi and Overseer of the Waqf endowments made for the Holy Places in Mecca and Medina (Haremeyn-i Şerifeyn Evkaf Naziri) following the death of the former holder of the office, Mustafa Efendi. The Dar al-Sa'ada was the head of the eunuchs who guarded the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Sultans in Constantinople.

The name of the Overseer to whom Isma'il bin 'Ali becomes secretary is given as Beshir Agha (Beşir Ağa), who cannot be the same as the famous Beshir Agha who died in 1746 or his successor Moralı Beshir Agha who was removed in 1752. He must be a later holder of the office with the same name.

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