| Responding to the criticism, Firman said that all cases were treated equally. |
| The more important dynamic at work, Firman said, is the longer-term process of elemental self-discovery that can happen. |
| It will be noted that the title of Sultan was adopted partly because that of Khedive had been conferred by an Ottoman firman. |
| Firman said the dispute was triggered by a minor misunderstanding between a member of the police's Mobile Brigade and a group of marines. |
| 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. |
| The first firman made its way slowly from Constantinople to Athens, but events had overtaken it by the time it arrived. |
