Definition of Firman

1. n. 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.

Definition of Firman

1. Noun. A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Firman

1. an edict issued by a Middle Eastern sovereign [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Firman

firkin
firking
firkins
firks
firless
firlike
firlot
firlots
firm
firm omelet
firm power
firm up
firmament
firmamental
firmaments
firman (current term)
firmans
firmed
firmer
firmer chisel
firmers
firmest
firmicute
firmicutes
firming
firming agent
firmish
firmisternal
firmitude
firmity

Literary usage of Firman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"The Sultan of Golkonda sent a firman to the Governor of Madras ; and it will be seen ... When the ceremony was ended, the messenger that brought the firman ..."

2. The Khedive's Egypt: Or, The Old House of Bondage Under New Masters by Edwin De Leon (1877)
"The firman of the Sultan changing the Egyptian succession was issued on 13 ... This firman further recognizes the unlimited authority of the Khedive to make ..."

3. The European Concert in the Eastern Question: A Collection of Treaties and by Thomas Erskine Holland (1885)
"firman addressed by the Sultan to the Viceroy of Egypt, settling the mode of ... (The text of this firman is omitted, as relating to a question of no ..."

4. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Sir Edward Hertslet (1875)
"firman of the Sultan, relative to the Evacuation of the Servian Fortresses by ... Be it known on the arrival of this our Imperial firman, that whereas the ..."

5. Turkish Life and Character by Walter Thornbury (1860)
"CHAPTER XL THE SULTAN'S firman. I HAD heard a great deal, when on the Danube, about the impossibility of seeing anything in Constantinople without the ..."

6. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"This firman was granted, or at least accelerated, by the success of the English in four naval fights with the Portuguese, whom the natives had believed to ..."

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