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Velgjørenhetens orden (Det osmanske rike)
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Velgjørenhetens orden (tyrkisk: Şefkat Nişanı) er en osmansk orden innstiftet 27. september 1878 av sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II, men allerede utdelt tidligere samme år. Ordenen ble etablert for å belønne kvinners humanitære innsats. Den regnes som en dameorden. Velgjørenhetens orden kunne tildeles innbyggere i Det osmanske rike, så vel som utenlandske kvinner. Ordenen ble avskaffet ved Det osmanske rikes fall i 1922.
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