Pelican for Islah bint Abbas ibn Habib Iban Hassa

A Pelican for Islah bint Abbas ibn Habib Iban Hassa, in the form of an Ottoman Ferman:

When this exalted Imperial cipher is read aloud, be it known that Islah bint Abbas ibn Habibi Iban Hassa, skilled in diverse arts of service, noble of bearing, faithful subject of the East, shall be named a Pelican of the Society. We, Sultan Ozurr & Sultana Fortune of the Eastern Realm, have commanded that the afore named be given all the rights befitting a Pelican, arms by letters patent as well as the responsibility to act in the manner of a peer, with courtesy and respect for all peoples. We so command that this be accomplished forthwith, on this day 9th Day of September A.S LIV at Our Divan at Ducal Challenge.

Word Count: 112
Commentary: My research is on 16th century Ottoman Texts. Islah is considerably earlier than that. As result, I removed some of the language that would suggest that this comes from that era. Documentation about legal documents of the Seljuq Empire is a little more scanty than I would like.

Signet Notes for the Scroll:

The royals would prefer King and Queen or Rex and Regina for Their Titles, though They are fine with regional alternates for scrolls specific to a recipient's persona.

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Recipient: Islah bint Abbas ibn Habib Iban Hasa (Luned Gwyn)

Award: Pelican

Date: September 9, LIV (54) Event : Ducal Challenge Royalty: Ozurr and Fortune

Assigned to: Eleanore MacCarthaigh

Blazen: Azure, an elephant statant proper maintaining a tower on its back argent and in chief a crescent pendant Or

https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Islah_bint_Abbas_ibn_Habib_ibn_Hasan

Word preference: English

Personna: 10th Century Seljuk/Seljuq Turkish

Source Material:

http://www.thepenmightier.com/2019/01/ideas-for-ottoman-scroll-texts.html

Ottoman Ferman for the Chivalry: http://www.thepenmightier.com/2019/03/chivalry-scroll-for-sterling-de-la-rosa.html

http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/saljuqs-v

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