Royal Firman of Sultan Abdulmejid I (r.1839-1861) – Ottoman Empire - 1855

Bestowing honours of the chivalry order of the Mejidie to the French diplomat Amédée Outrey. Comprising a Turkish manuscripts on cream paper, with 4ll. of black ink diwani script beneath the tughra of the Ottoman sultan in gold. Amédeé Outrey was the first dragoman at the French embassy in Constantinople. After his return to Paris he was in charge of the Turkey and Persia desks at the foreign ministry. His family had a long-term connection to the Ottoman Empire. His father George Outrey, who was also in the employ of the French Foreign Ministry, was the son of a French doctor to the Pasha of Baghdad. George Outrey was Chargé d'affaires of France to the Persian court in 1810-1811. A later farman received by the same Amédée Outrey sold at Chiswick auctions, 13 July 2022, A Middle Eastern Journey, lot 711.

55cm x 35cm

Dimensions: 55cm x 35cm

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