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AN OFFICIAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN WITH THE TUGHRA OF...

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AN OFFICIAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN WITH THE TUGHRA OF SULTAN ABDUL HAMID II (R. 1876 - 1909) Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century Turkish manuscript on off-white stained paper, the document with eight gold lines of free-flowing diwani script, with three clusters of words in black ink on ll. 4, 5, and 8, beneath a gold tughra of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876 - 1909), with further flourishing signatures in black to the right and upper left of the tughra, and an additional golden cartouche with commentary in a directional vertical format to the right-hand-side edge, mounted, glazed, and framed, 70.5cm x 40cm including the frame.