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What is a firman?

What is a firman? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.
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Those days, through a shahi firman certain persons were appointed to perform some specific tasks.
The first firman made its way slowly from Constantinople to Athens, but events had overtaken it by the time it arrived.
I gave him two of my pamphlets with the firman, and we took our leave.
Lord Elgin had obtained a firman, or Ottoman permission from the local authorities, but only after the payment of significant bribes.
But then your firman will have furnished us with a Turkish soldier for our protection.
The firman of the Sultan contained also a guarantee for the status quo in the sanctuaries.

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