Kararname of 1296

This article is about the declaration on Ottoman currency in 1296. For other uses, see Kararname (disambiguation).

The Kararname of 1296^[1] (Turkish: Meskûkât-ı Osmaniye Kararnamesi ^[2]), was a decree concerning monetary systems of the Ottoman Empire. This kararname established a bimetallic currency system based on gold and silver in the year 1296 AH (1880 AD).

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Etymology

Main article: Kararname (disambiguation)

Kararname is a word from the Turkish language, meaning a government decree.^[4]

Background

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Sources

1. ^ Saʼid B. Himadeh, Monetary and Banking System of Syria, The American Press, 1935, p. 24.
2. ^ Mehmet Hakan Sağlam, I. Tertip Düstûr Kılavuzu: 1839 - 1908, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2006, p. 216.
3. ^ Zafer Toprak, Türkiye'de "Millı̂ İktisat", 1908-1918, Yurt Yayınları, 1982, p. 123.
4. ^ "Büyük Türkçe Sözlük". http://www.tdkterim.gov.tr/bts/?kategori=verilst&kelime=kararname+&ayn=tam. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 
5. ^ Zvi Yehuda Hershlag, Introduction to the Modern Economic History of the Middle East, Brill Archive, 1980, ISBN 9789004060616, p. 62.
6. ^ United States. Bureau of the Mint, Annual report of the Director of the Mint, Deptment of the Treasury, Bureau of the Mint, 1916, p. 177.
7. ^ Osman Okyar, Halil İnalcık (ed.), Türkiye'nin Sosyal ve Ekonomik Tarihi (1071-1920): Birinci Uluslararası Türkiye'nin Sosyal ve Ekonomik Tarihi Kongresi Tebliğleri, Meteksan, 1980, p. 304.