Definition of "firman" [fir•man]

• A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey. (noun)

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• "The French missionaries had, in fact, a narrow escape of expulsion through the hostility of the Russian Government, which even proceeded to the length of extorting a firman from the late Shah prohibiting Christians from changing their religion."
• ""Show me the forgery you dare to call the firman of his sublime majesty, the sultan.""
• "In consequence, the present firman, which is ornamented at the head with our 'Hoomaioon' (sign-manual), and emanates from our Imperial"