A FIRMAN OF SULTAN SELIM III (R. 1789-1807)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 16 DHU'L HIJJA AH 1213/21 MAY 1799 AD

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A FIRMAN OF SULTAN SELIM III (R. 1789-1807)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 16 DHU'L HIJJA AH 1213/21 MAY 1799 AD
Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, the firman with the gold tughra of Sultan Selim III, surmounting 12ll. of alternating gold, black and red diwani script on gold-sprinkled ground, a line of calligraphy contained in a roundel surrounded by a vegetal motif in the lower left hand corner, approval note in black ink on the reverse, fold marks
52 x 25 ¼in. (132 x 64cm.)

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This firman records the appointment of a Vasil-oğlu Vassilaki as an interpreter to the Swedish consulate following the death of the previous incumbent and the request of the Swedish Ambassador, Mouragea D’Ohsson for a new appointee. Ignatius Mouragea d'Olsson (1740 - 1807) was an Armenian orientalist, historian and diplomat in Swedish service. In 1768 he took the name d'Olsson.
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