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Hatti-sherif

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Hat′ti-sherˊif

(hăt′tĭ-shĕrˊĭf or hät′tē-shā̍-rēf′)

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Noun.

[Turk., fr. Ar.

khatt

a writing +

sherīf

noble.]

A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.