AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN SELIM III (R.1789- 1808) OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 12 MUHARRAM 1215 AH/ 5 JUNE 1800 AD
Reference: ART3005920
Ink and gold on burnished paper, with the tughra of Sultan Selim III in red surmounting 16 lines of elegant diwani in alternating black and red, a small line in red at the end and a series of gold dots as stops between the lines.
Content: This firman concerns the incomes and transfer of the taxes of the ottoman administration in the margins. From the year 1218 (1803), Lease of one-eighth share of the mukataa of Siroz village to Seyyid Mehmed Emin Ağa, who lives in İsmail Ağa District in Aksaray. Dated 12 Muharram 1215 AH/ 5 June 1800 AD.