AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN ABDUL HAMID II, TURKEY, 1327 AH/1909 AD

Reference: ART3001465

An Ottoman Turkish manuscript on watermarked paper, 6 lines to the page, written in Diwani script in black, sprinkled in gold, gold dots and cintamani motifs, surmounted by a large tughra. The present firman was issued during the reign of Sultan ABDUL HAMID II, under request of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad Jamaluddin Effendi (1891-1909) (first period) to appoint Muhammad said effendi as the judge of Kudus, Jerusalem. 80 by 57 cm.