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Decree of Muharram

Decree of Muharram

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A Decree of Muharram or Firman of Muharram is any of a number of decrees or firmans issued by the Ottoman Empire in the Islamic month of Muharram. The most important of which, both issued by ‘Abdu’l-Hamid II during the decline of the Ottoman Empire, are:

Additionally, Decree of Muharram may refer to the Islamic tradition that it is unlawful (haraam) to go to war in the month of Muharram.


References

  1. "English Translation of Firman 1311 of the Ottoman Empire". www.sephardicstudies.org.



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