August Edict registered in the proper department

When this, my Imperial will, shall be brought to your knowledge and appreciation, you will nave this August Edict registered in the proper department, and cause it to be perpetuated in the hands of the above-mentioned subjects, and you will see to it that its requirements be always executed in their full import.

Thus be it known to thee, and respect my sacred signet.

Written in the holy month of Moharrem, A. H. 1267 (November, 1850).

Given in the protected city of Constantinople

Even this did not fully protect the Protestants. Its provisions were disregarded by the governors of some of the provinces, and persecution of the Protestants continued. In 1853, another Firman was issued, and sent to all the governors, as well as the head-men of the Protestants, requiring that the previous Charters should be strictly enforced.

IMPERIAL FIRMAN OF 1853.

Let attention be given to the unchangeable, constant, and perpetual execution of the provisions contained in this, my High Finnan; and let care be taken not to contravene it.

To Sdepan, the chosen and honorable Vakeel of the Protestant Christian community! May your honor be increased! When my High Firman reaches you, know that the all-just and sovereign God, the gracious giver of good, according to His divine, excellent, and boundless goodness, having caused my Imperial and August person to reign in regal glory; and having elevated me to the lofty and Imperial rank of Caliph, I give thanks and glory that so many cities and diverse classes and subjects, nations and servants, are committed to the hand of my most just Caliphate, as a special divine trust.

Sultanship

Wherefore, in accordance with the benevolence due from my civil and spiritual power, and also in conformity with the excellent custom “of my Sultanship and my sovereignty, being favored by the divine goodness and aided from above, since my succeeding to the happy Imperial throne, I have used all my care to secure perfect protection to each class of all the subjects of my government, and especially, as in all former times, that they may enjoy perfect quiet in the performance of religious rites and services, without distinction, in accordance with my true and honest Imperial purpose and my benevolent will; and my Imperial government, continually and without ceasing, watches for the same.