The Order of Charity (Ottoman Turkish: نشانِ شفقت), sometimes referred to as the Order of the Chefakat,[1] was an order of the Ottoman Empire founded in 1878 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II.[2]
| Order of Charity نشانِ شفقت | |
|---|---|
_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg){kind=icon} _-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg) Badge and star of the order | |
| Type | Order of Merit |
| Awarded for | Charitable work |
| Country |  Ottoman Empire |
| Presented by | .svg){kind=small} Ottoman Sultan |
| Status | No longer awarded |
| Established | 1878 |
_ribbon_bar.svg){kind=small} Ribbon of the order | |
It was bestowed on selected women for distinguished humanitarian or charitable works, or as a token of the Sultan's esteem.[3] Recipients included non-Ottoman citizens, including the English painter Margaret Murray Cookesley for her portrait of the Sultan's son,[4] Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1883), wife of the Earl of Dufferin who was British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire,[5] and to American social reformer Ellen Martin Henrotin (1893).[6]
The badge consists of a five pointed star in gold and crimson enamel, with a central gold medallion bearing the Sultan's cypher, surrounded by a green enamelled band with the words "Humanity, Assistance, Patriotism" in Ottoman Turkish. The star rests upon a circular wreath enamelled green with crimson berries, the whole mounted on another star with radiant points. The decoration is hung from a star and crescent suspension, enamelled red. The order had three classes,[1] with the highest class mounted with diamonds and other precious stones.[2]
Recipients
edit- Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
- Alexandra of Denmark
- Alexandra Feodorovna
- Margaret Murray Cookesley
- Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Helen Morgenthau Fox
- Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
- Ellen Martin Henrotin
- Maria Christina of Austria
- Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
- Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
- Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
- Zita of Bourbon-Parma
- Milena of Montenegro
References
edit- ^ a b Captain H. Taprell Dorling. (1956). Ribbons and Medals. London: A.H.Baldwin & Sons. p. 265.
- ^ a b "Ottoman medal for 'compassionate' British lady to go under the hammer". Hurriyet Daily News. 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Ottoman Orders and Decorations as Forms of Honor". Ottoman Bank. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012.
- ^ Clement-Waters, Clara Erskine. Women in the fine arts, page 85. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1904.
- ^ Davenport-Hines, Richard (Jan 2008). "Blackwood, Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-, marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (1843–1936)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, on-line edition (subscription required). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, page 976. University of Illinois, 1918
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