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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Turkish order of knighthood, instituted in 1852 by the sultan Abdul-Medjid, and conferred on many foreign officers who took part with Turkey in the Crimean war.
  • noun A modern silver coin of Turkey, named from the sultan Abdul-Medjid, who coined it in 1844. It is equivalent to 20 piasters, and worth, approximately, 85 cents.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A silver coin of Turkey formerly rated at twenty, but since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents).
  • noun A gold coin of Turkey equal (in 1913) to one hundred piastres ($4.396 or 18s. 3/4d.); a lira, or Turkish pound.
  • noun A Turkish honorary order established in 1851 by Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on foreigners.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A coin from the Ottoman Empire, worth twenty piasters.

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