Kararname of 1296 explained

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).^[3]

Etymology

See main article: Kararname (disambiguation). Kararname is a word from the Turkish language, meaning a government decree.^[4]

External links

• Zvi Yehuda Hershlag, Introduction to the Modern Economic History of the Middle East, Brill Archive, 1980,, p. 62.
• United States. Bureau of the Mint, Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Mint, 1916, p. 177.
• 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.

Notes and References

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.
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4. Web site: Büyük Türkçe Sözlük. 20 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721060733/http://www.tdkterim.gov.tr/bts/?kategori=verilst&kelime=kararname+&ayn=tam. 21 July 2011.