Firman

A firman (Persian: فرمان, romanized: farmān; Turkish: ferman),[1] at the constitutional level, was a royal mandate or decree issued by a sovereign in an Islamic state.

From Şebinkarahisar he sent a series of letters announcing his victory, including an unusual missive in the Uyghur language addressed to the Turkomans of Anatolia.

[6] The decree (yarlık) had 201 lines and was written by Şeyhzade Abdurrezak Bahşı on 30 August 1473:[7] Completed when Karahisar was reached on the date of eight hundred and seventy eight, 5th day of the month Rebiülahir, the year of the Snake.In this firman, the monks of Mount Athos report that the administrative officials charged with the collection of taxes come at a later date than they are supposed to and demand more money than the value assessed.

[8] One of the most important firmans governing relations between Muslims and Christians is a document kept at the Saint Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

[9] In the Old Yishuv Court Museum is held a firman for the 1890 opening of the printing business of Eliezer Menahem Goldberg, Jerusalem resident.

A Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar firman in Shekaste Nastaliq script, January 1831
Firmans of Mehmed II and Bayazid II – kept at the Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols in Istanbul – which granted the ownership of the building to the Greek community
Mehmed the Conqueror's bilingual (Ottoman and Chagatai ) Fetihname (Declaration of conquest) after the Battle of Otlukbeli .