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Tribunal du Grand Vezir (Arz Odasi) - François Hippolyte Lalaisse (1812-1844) - 1840
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Tribunal du Grand Vezir (Arz Odasi)

ArtistFrançois Hippolyte Lalaisse (1812-1844)
EngraverAugustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870)-Montaut
Date1840
TechniqueCopper Engraving
CategoryOttoman Empire And Turkey
SourceTurkey Volume Of L'Univers Pittoresque, Paris

Description

Divan-i Humayun was at the top of the Ottoman judicial system. Those who had suffered injustice, those who believed that local judges had made wrong decisions about them, and those who had complaints about state officials could apply in person. Cases were heard by the Grand Vizier.