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A FIRMAN OF SULTAN MEHMED THE CONQUEROR (R. 1444-46 AND 1451-81) OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED END OF SHAWWAL AH 857/NOVEMBER 1453 AD Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 17ll. of black diwani beneath a gold-sprinkled tughra of Sultan Mehmed II, last line with gold-sprinkled date, backed with green fabric 24 7/8in. (63.1cm.)
This early firman was produced only months after Sultan Mehmed II had acquired his soubriquet "the Conqueror" as a result of his successful siege of Constantinople in the spring 1453 AD.
The text explains the privileges granted to Seydi Ahmed who took administration of the zawiya (Sufi Lodge) in Plovdiv, and exempts him from taxes. He and his brother, Seydi Mahmud, had taken administration of the Sufi Lodge on the basis of family waqf. Upon his brother’s death, Seydi Ahmed brought the documents related to the zawiya into the Sultan’s Sublime Porte and was granted responsibility of it.
A further, early firman of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror also written in 1453 AD was sold in these Rooms, 11 April 2000, lot 53. For a portrait of the Sultan, see lot 118 of this sale.