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Webster 1913 Edition
Firman
Fir′man
(? or ?)
, Noun.
pl.
Firmans
(#)
or (#)
. [Pers.
fermān
.] In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; – generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance.
[Written also
firmaun
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Firman
FIR'MAN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Firman
firman
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English
Noun
firman (plural firmans)
- A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, IV:
- his Sublimity's firman, The most imperative of sovereign spells, / Which every body does without who can [...].
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 134:
- 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.
- 2005: International Law And The Great War, Coleman Phillipson
- It will be noted that the title of Sultan was adopted partly because that of Khedive had been conferred by an Ottoman firman.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, IV:
References
- Firman in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.