"Show me the forgery you dare to call the firman of his sublime majesty, the sultan.". From Wordnik.com. [Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series] Reference
In consequence, the present firman, which is ornamented at the head with our 'Hoomaioon' (sign-manual), and emanates from our Imperial. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
His presence calmed the storm at once and he sternly bade Ibrahim to obey the "firman," on peril of his own head. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
Officially, Elgin obtained a 'firman' from the Ottoman authorities but when the British Parliament asked to examine it, he couldn't submit it. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Reasons: Why the Parthenon Sculptures must be returned to Greece] Reference
In reply to his application for a simple "firman" to go to Damascus, the. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
'firman' from the Porte, was commended to the famous ambassador Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
A firman from the sultan admitted us without difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
Hassan receives and places on his head the dread firman. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
Three hours later a messenger delivered the firman to our room. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Pharaohs]
The final text of the firman more than lived up to Montefiore's expectations. From Wordnik.com. [David Shasha: Moses Montefiore: The Most Important Jew of the 19th Century] Reference
Franciscans obtained a firman for the exclusion of such tumultuous worshippers. From Wordnik.com. [Eothen] Reference
Vandergelt seems to have designs on Lord Baskerville's wife as well as his excavation firman. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Pharaohs]
The kind of "fairness" that stops firman applying for a promotion from getting it because no "minorities" passed the test. From Wordnik.com. [Senate to take up resolution apologizing for slavery] Reference
I was able to abandon it with equanimity, however, since de Morgan had offered us the firman for Dahshoor the following year. From Wordnik.com. [The Mummy Case]
I was reluctantly compelled to submit to the disappointment; it being impracticable to get admitted any where without the firman. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
In 1900 the paper was reestablished under a different name, Hashkafah, with Hemdah as its official owner, the “holder of the firman.”. From Wordnik.com. [Hemdah Ben-Yehuda.] Reference
You must get a firman and hurry there the first thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Innocents Abroad] Reference
I had the honour to present the Queen with the firman. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
The following is an exact translation of the firman Hatti-Sherif. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
I gave him two of my pamphlets with the firman, and we took our leave. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
Pasha for a firman or passport, authorising me to travel through all the. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred] Reference
Sir Moses gave His Excellency two copies of the firman, with which he seemed much pleased. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
Mr Pisani then handed me an official copy of the firman, and I gave the original to the Pasha. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
I had not given a dollar for the firman, nor would I have attempted to obtain justice by bribery. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
The firman of the Sultan, denies these calumnies, of which they had been the unfortunate victims. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
We did not get a firman, but we took along four or five francs apiece, which is much the same thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Innocents Abroad] Reference
He said that was immaterial, he would not enter into the subject; the firman was of great importance. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
I had just fallen asleep when Mr Wire knocked at my door, and showed me the firman which the Sultan had signed. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
Rechid Pasha sent it by Mr Pisani, saying that he was preparing the firman which Sir Moses had requested from the Sultan. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
I gave him to read at my last interview, but he kept the copy of the firman, as well as the copy of the firman of Mohhammad. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
Cxie oni unuvocxe lauxdas gxian malgrandan kaj tamen bonegan konstruon, kaj ankaux gxian firman samtempe facilan funkciadon. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
I gave the Cardinal two copies of the firman, also translations of the letters sent me by Mr Shadwell and the Rev.J. Marshall. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
Mr Montefiore called on Mr Barker, and the latter gave him the firman from the Pasha, which was to facilitate his travelling in Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
In accordance with his Lordship's permission, Sir Moses presented the copy of the firman to the Queen on Wednesday, the 24th of March. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883] Reference
He would not have been 'leaning on an arm of flesh' by availing himself of the royal troops, any more than when he used the royal firman. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes] Reference
The Emir and Aga combined to plunder him, and treated him as the lowest of slaves, until he produced the firman which he had received from. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
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