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Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 7ll. of gold, red and black diwani, beneath a gold and polychrome illuminated tughra of Sultan Mehmed IV, dated, backed with green fabric
4434 x 1714in. (113.8 x 43.8cm.)
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This firman awards the revenues of various villages in the district of Mincigirt (modern day Inkaya in Kars province) to a certain Ramazan, who is identified as being a cavalryman (sipahi), as zeamet (land tenure in return for military service) in addition to the lands already held by him.

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