A LARGE ROYAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDÜLHAMID I (R. 1774-1789 AD)

Lot 159
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 15 000
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Lot 159 | A LARGE ROYAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDÜLHAMID I (R. 1774-1789 AD)
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£ 15 000 – 20 000
A LARGE ROYAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDÜLHAMID I (R. 1774-1789 AD)

TURKEY, DATED 2 RABI' I AH 1201 / 23 DECEMBER 1786 AD

A firman of Abdülhamid I regarding the prophet's tomb at Medina, Turkish manuscript on paper, with nine lines of alternating red and green diwani within gold clouds, with three gold roundels at the header, red tughra of Abdülhamid I between lines one and two, and gold roundels throughout, with later marginal annotations in diwani, the reverse plain, mounted, framed and glazed

3ft.10 x 20 ½in. (117cm. x 52cm.)





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Private German collection since the early 20th century, from whom acquired by the present owner
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