Order of the Crescent

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chivalric order order of merit

The Order of the Crescent was an Ottoman chivalric order of merit, notably bestowed upon distinguished foreign military leaders such as Horatio Nelson for their services to the empire.

Aliases (1)

Order of the Ottoman Crescent ×1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chivalric order → order of merit →
alsoKnownAs	Hilal Nişanı → Order of the Ottoman Crescent →
associatedWith	Ottoman military decorations →
awardedFor	military merit → services to the Ottoman Empire →
awardingBody	Ottoman Sultan →
conferredBy	imperial decree →
country	Ottoman Empire →
eligibility	foreign military leaders → non-Ottoman officers →
foundedBy	Selim III →
grade	Knight →
hasInsignia	badge with a crescent and star → breast star → neck decoration →
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic Wars → late 18th century →
inception	1799 →
languageOfName	Ottoman Turkish →
locationOfEstablishment	Istanbul →
namedAfter	crescent →
notableEvent	awarded to Horatio Nelson after the Battle of the Nile →
notableRecipient	Alexander Ball → Horatio Nelson → Thomas Troubridge →
recipient	Alexander Ball → Horatio Nelson → Thomas Troubridge →
relatedTo	Order of Osmanieh → Order of the Medjidie →
religion	Islam →
status	defunct →
symbol	crescent →
typeOfAward	order →
usedFor	diplomatic recognition of foreign officers →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Order of the Crescent ("Order of the Ottoman Crescent") →	alsoKnownAs
Horatio Nelson →	awarded