[FIRST MODERN ARMY OF THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN] Historical autograph document sealed 'Hüsrev Mehmed' addressed to Serkâtib of Humayûn sealed 'Mustafa Nuri', about the formation of the first modern army of the Ottoman Empire

KOCA HÜSREV MEHMED PASHA, (Ottoman admiral, reformer, and statesman, who was Kapudan Pasha ("Grand Admiral") of the Ottoman Navy), (1769-1855), Autograph Correspondence & Document of Ottoman Court in the Period of Sultan Mahmud II], Constantinople, [AH [1]247] = 1831. Original manuscript autograph historical document sealed 'Hüsrev Mehmed' sent to (and responded by) Serkâtib Mustafa Nuri. Written on polished paper with a watermark. 39x21 cm. In Ottoman script. (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). Slight foxing and stains on paper, otherwise very good. 12 lines in 1 page.Extremely rare autographed historical document containing the formation of the first modern army of the Imperial Ottoman in the Reform period by Koca Hüsrev Pasha, who was the most authoritative person after Sultan Mahmud II, shortly before the Egyptian Campaign (1831-1833). The importance of this document is that it has many hints of modernization movements of the last period of the Empire, a depiction of the divisio