| The firman of the Sultan contained also a guarantee for the status quo in the sanctuaries. |
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| Hunt's acquisitive instincts far surpassed anything the Sublime Porte had in mind when it granted the firman. |
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| Having obtained the historic firman from Emperor Shah Alam, Clive returned to Calcutta to do what he promised his wife. |
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| Those days, through a shahi firman certain persons were appointed to perform some specific tasks. |
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| The first firman made its way slowly from Constantinople to Athens, but events had overtaken it by the time it arrived. |
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| He agrees that Elgin exceeded the terms of his firman, but points out that there were two additional firmans from the Sultan sanctioning the export of the marbles. |
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| Little daunted, they got another firman in 1637, and since Venice, Austria and Poland were at war with the Porte, nothing was done. |
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| Gregory confessed the forgery, and the Western Powers, on a plea from Pope Urban VII, succeeded in 1636 in having the firman withdrawn. |
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| Lord Elgin had obtained a firman, or Ottoman permission from the local authorities, but only after the payment of significant bribes. |
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| Despite the appeals of the Pope Clement XIII to all the Western Powers, the firman stood and the position in the Holy Places has changed only in details since then. |
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| In 1866 he obtained a firman establishing the succession by primogeniture in his own line abandoning the contemporary Ottoman rule of succession by the eldest male. |
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| A year later a firman conferred upon Ismāʿīl the special title of khedive, which had in fact been used unofficially since Muḥammad ʿAlī's time and which distinguished the viceroy of Egypt from other Ottoman governors. |
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| The result was a firman of 1690, by which the Franciscans were declared to be the legitimate proprietors of the Sanctuaries and their ancient rights were restored to them. |
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| It will be noted that the title of Sultan was adopted partly because that of Khedive had been conferred by an Ottoman firman. |
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| He managed to obtain from the vizier a firman bearing the Emir's personal seal and ordering all Bokharan officials to assist the party in every way possible. |
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| Firman said the dispute was triggered by a minor misunderstanding between a member of the police's Mobile Brigade and a group of marines. |
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| Responding to the criticism, Firman said that all cases were treated equally. |
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| Firman, from Norfolk, is the reigning British formula Nippon champion. |
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| The more important dynamic at work, Firman said, is the longer-term process of elemental self-discovery that can happen. |
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| It was such a hit that he went back to the festival with three more one-man shows, Flim-Flam, The Pete Firman Magic Show and Jokes and Tricks. |
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