Islahat Fermani

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Ottoman imperial edict reform decree

Islahat Fermani was an 1856 Ottoman imperial reform edict that expanded and reinforced Tanzimat-era guarantees of equality and rights for the empire’s non-Muslim subjects.

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Label	Occurrences
Islahat Fermani canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ottoman imperial edict ⓘ reform decree ⓘ
aim	expand guarantees of equality for non-Muslim subjects ⓘ reinforce Tanzimat-era rights ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Islahat Hatt-ı Hümayunu NERFINISHED ⓘ Reform Edict of 1856 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	non-Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
context	Crimean War NERFINISHED ⓘ European diplomatic pressure on the Ottoman Empire ⓘ Tanzimat era NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
followedBy	later Ottoman constitutional developments ⓘ
follows	Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzimat reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsequence	increased expectations of non-Muslim communities ⓘ used by European powers as reference in later diplomatic interventions ⓘ
hasEffect	formalized legal equality between Muslim and non-Muslim subjects in principle ⓘ promised access of non-Muslims to public offices ⓘ promised equality before the law for non-Muslims ⓘ promised equality in military conscription for non-Muslims ⓘ promised equality in taxation for non-Muslims ⓘ promised security of life, honor, and property to non-Muslims ⓘ restricted arbitrary interference in the internal affairs of non-Muslim communities ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Tanzimat period ⓘ
influencedBy	European notions of legal equality ⓘ capitulations and foreign protection of non-Muslims ⓘ
language	Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalDomain	constitutional law ⓘ minority rights ⓘ
legalStatus	imperial decree ⓘ
motivatedBy	desire to modernize the Ottoman legal and administrative system ⓘ need to secure support of European powers ⓘ
partOf	Ottoman modernization efforts ⓘ
placeOfPromulgation	Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Sultan Abdülmecid I NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1856 ⓘ
relatedTo	Hatt-ı Hümayun of 1856 NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	civil rights of non-Muslims ⓘ judicial equality ⓘ military service ⓘ public employment ⓘ religious freedom for non-Muslims ⓘ tax reform ⓘ
temporalLocation	mid-19th century ⓘ

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Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane → followedBy → Islahat Fermani ⓘ