AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN  Ottoman Turkey, 19th century  Ottoman Turkish manuscript on burnished paper, 10ll. to the page of black ink diwani script, some areas of the script sprinkled with gold dust, at the top the tughra of Mehmed V (r. 1909 – 1918) in black ink, on the reverse an ownership seal, the upper part of the folio with a watermark representing a rodent, only visible with direct light exposure, mounted on blue cardboard, the folio 77cm x 27cm.