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Illuminated firman (royal decree) with ornamental tughra of Sultan Ahmed III (r.1703-1730)
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Joseph Soustiel Paris summer 1968] sold; to Edwin Binney 3rd 1968 bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums 1985.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Title: Illuminated firman (royal decree) with ornamental tughra of Sultan Ahmed III (r.1703-1730)
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