firman

American  

[fur-muhn, fer-mahn] / ˈfɜr mən, fərˈmɑn /

noun

firmans plural

1. an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).

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firman British  

/ fɜːˈmɑːn, ˈfɜː- /

noun

1. an edict of an Oriental sovereign

2. any authoritative grant of permission

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• firmans
  plural

Etymology

Origin of firman

1610–20; < Turkish ferman < Persian farmān

Example Sentences

A third visit was made late in 1841, after Fellows had obtained a firman by personal application at Constantinople.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

I stayed at Yanina one day, but the Pasha could not see me to hear my account of the protection I had enjoyed from his firman.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

Two years after, the Madras work of Clive was completed by a firman from the emperor of Delhi, recognizing the British possessions in southern India.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

"I have just come from the Sultan, and I have brought with me his firman, in which he summons her to Stambul; not a hair of her head is to be crumpled."

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r

It was Captain Best who secured a regular firman for trade from the Great Mogul.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various