Hatti-Sheriff

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.

References

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* [http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000095.html Mention] of the Ottoman Sultan making a "Hatti Sheriff".
* [http://knigite.abv.bg/en/sc/sc_23.html Mention] in the book Residence in Bulgaria of the "Hatti Sheriff" of Gul Haue.

ee also

* Hatt-i Sharif