A LARGE FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II
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A LARGE FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II

OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 24 SAFAR AH 1314/4 AUGUST 1896 AD

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A LARGE FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 24 SAFAR AH 1314/4 AUGUST 1896 AD
Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, with large gold lithographed tughra at top, with 7ll. of gold, red and black diwani script below, dated along the bottom line, framed and glazed
29 ¼ x 20 ½in. (74.2 x 52.1cm.)
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