Hatti-Sheriff
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A Hatti-Sheriff (or Hatti-Sherif) is an irrevocable edict from a Sultan. Although "irrevocable," many of them have proven to be a dead letter.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
- Mention of the Ottoman Sultan making a Hatti Sheriff.
- Mention in the book Residence in Bulgaria of the Hatti Sheriff of Gul Haue.
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