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The Order of Charity (Ottoman Turkish: نشانِ شفقت), sometimes referred to as the Order of the Chefakat,cite-ref-dorling-1-0[1] was an order of the Ottoman Empire founded in 1878 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II.cite-ref-news-2-0[2]

It was bestowed on selected women for distinguished humanitarian or charitable works, or as a token of the Sultan's esteem.cite-ref-3[3] Recipients included non-Ottoman citizens, including the English painter Margaret Murray Cookesley for her portrait of the Sultan's son,cite-ref-4[4] Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1883), wife of the Earl of Dufferin who was British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire,cite-ref-odnb-5-0[5] and to American social reformer Ellen Martin Henrotin (1893).cite-ref-6[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,cite-ref-dorling-1-1[1] with the highest class mounted with diamonds and other precious stones.cite-ref-news-2-1[2]

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• 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

cite-note-dorling-11. ↑ citerefcaptain-h-taprell-dorling-1956Captain H. Taprell Dorling. (1956). Ribbons and Medals. London: A.H.Baldwin & Sons. p. 265.

cite-note-news-22. ↑ "Ottoman medal for 'compassionate' British lady to go under the hammer". Hurriyet Daily News. 24 January 2015.

cite-note-33. ↑ "Ottoman Orders and Decorations as Forms of Honor". Ottoman Bank. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012.

cite-note-44. ↑ Clement-Waters, Clara Erskine. Women in the fine arts, page 85. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1904.

cite-note-odnb-55. ↑ citerefdavenport-hines2008Davenport-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.

cite-note-66. ↑ The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, page 976. University of Illinois, 1918

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