Firman - Other Firmans

Other Firmans

One of the most important firmans governing relations between Muslims and Christians is a document kept at the St. Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. This monastery is Greek Orthodox and constitutes the autonomous Sinai Orthodox Church. The firman bears the hand print of the Prophet Muhammad, and requests the Muslims do not destroy the monastery for God-fearing men live there. To this day there is a protected zone around the monastery administered by the Egyptian government, and there are very good relations between the 20 or so monks, mainly from Greece, and the local community there.

The Mughal Emperor Akbar is known for issuing Firman's of all categories that eventually strengthened the Mughal Empire and its administration for centuries to come.

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