Firman

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A firman is a royal mandate or decree issued by a sovereign in certain Islamic countries, including the Ottoman Empire, Mughal Empire, and Iran under Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The word firman comes from the Persian farmân (فرمان) meaning "decree" or "order". In Turkish it is called a ferman.

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