AN IMPORTANT OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC FIRMAN FROM SULTAN ABDULAZIZ (r. 1861 - 1876)
Ottoman Turkey, dated 2 December 1853 and 8 September 1866

AN IMPORTANT OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC FIRMAN FROM SULTAN ABDULAZIZ (r. 1861 - 1876) BESTOWING HONOURS OF THE CHIVALRY ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIE TO THE FRENCH DIPLOMAT AMÉDÉE OUTREY (1892 - 1962)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILE
Ottoman Turkey, dated 2 December 1853 and 8 September 1866

Comprising a Turkish manuscripts on cream paper, with 3ll. of black ink diwani script beneath the tughra of the Ottoman sultan in gold, the text from Sultan Abdulaziz (r. 1861 - 1876) conferring the second class Order of the Medjidie on Amédée Outrey, a French diplomat, dated 28 Rabi’ Ul Akhar 1283 AH (8 September 1866), the official translation of the firman in French dated 12 September 1866, and stamped Ambassade De France A Constantinople, signed M. M. Delaporte, attached to the verso of the latter firman with a plastic window, both firmans mounted on white cardboard frames, the folio 56.3cm x 36.5cm, 68cm x 46cm including the mount.

Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 3 May 2001, part of lot 389.

For further information on the diplomatic figure of Amédée Outrey, the Dragoman of the French embassy in Istanbul, and his relations with both the Ottoman and Persian governments, please read the footnote of the previous lot (lot 432).

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Dimensions: the folio 56.3cm x 36.5cm, 68cm x 46cm including the mount.