[Ottoman Berat].

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12091
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1069
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 1 f Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 1 f. Dimensions : 560 mm x 300 mm. Script : Divani.

Scope and Content

This Imperial Berat (exequatur) was granted, at the request of the British Ambassador at the Sublime Porte, Sir Thomas Bendish, to William Prideaux, appointed Consul at İzmir in place of Joseph Edwards. At the top of the document is the tuğra of Mehmet IV, richly decorated. The Berat is dated Şeval 1069 AH/July 1959 at İzmit.

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Related Material

For more information on the item, please see British Museum Quarterly, Vol. XXI, No. 2 (1957), pp. 33-35.

Subjects

Diplomacy