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A firman of Sultan Abdulmejid I conferring theOrder of the Medjidieon AmédeéOutrey,...
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A firman of Sultan Abdulmejid I conferring theOrder of the Medjidieon AmédeéOutrey, Constantinople, 1855, Ottoman manuscript on paper, written in divani script in black ink alongside the sultans finely executed tughra and additional decorations in gold, all on cream paper, with five lines of text, mounted, 55.8 x 35 cm.
Provenance: Christies 2001 (part oflot 389 of sale 9084, 3 May 2001).
AmédeéOutrey 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 GeorgeOutrey, 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.
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