C. S. SONNINI SULTAN ABDOUL ACHMET C. 1788 AUTHRZTN TRAVEL FIRMAN OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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Reference Number: Avaluer:2825959 | Modified Item: No |
Type: FIRMAN / TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION | Material: PERIOD PAPER |
Year: 1780'S | Country: TURKEY |
AUTHENTIC HAND WRITTEN FIRMAN (AKA. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE/PASSPORT) FOR THE FRENCH NATURIST AND AUTHOR C.S. SONNINI TO ENTER THE TURKISH REGION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE)
(CIRCA LATE 1780'S)
SIGNED/SEALED/STAMPED BY SULTAN ABDOUL ACHMET (HISTORICALLY KNOWN OR ASSOCIATED WITH ABDUL HAMID I)
C.S. SONINNI (CHARLES NICOLAS SIGISBERT SONINNI) NEEDED THIS FIRMAN TO ALLOW HIS PERSONAL TRAVEL THROUGH TURKEY TO OBSERVE AND TAKE NOTES FOR ...HIS FORTHCOMING BOOK
"TRAVELS IN GREECE AND TURKEY" (PUBLISHED IN 1801)
A TRUE ONE OF A KIND. IT WAS AUTHENTICATED BY THE SELLER UPON ACQUISITION. THE SCRIPT IS WRITTEN IN PERSO-ARABIC -NOT ENGLISH THERE WAS A TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH
NOTE THE SULTANS TUGHRA (THE SULTANS OFFICIAL SIGNATURE/MONOGRAM SEAL) IS PROMINENT IN THE CENTER OF THE DOCUMENT.
THE MANUSCRIPT MEASURES 29.5" X 19 INCHES
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