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Definition of Medjidie

Medjidie
Medjidie Me*dji"di*e, Medjidieh Me*dji"di*eh, n. [Turk. maj[=i]dieh (prop. fem. a., fr. Ar. mej[=i]d glorious); -- so called after the sultan Abdul Mejid, lit., ``servant of the Glorious One,' i.e., of God.] 1. (a) A silver coin of Turkey formerly rated at twenty, but since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents). (b) A gold coin of Turkey equal to one hundred piastres ($4.396 or 18s. 3/4d.); a lira, or Turkish pound. 2. A Turkish honorary order established in 1851 by Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on foreigners.

Meaning of Medjidie from wikipedia

- Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Turkish: نشانِ مجیدیه, August 29, 1852 – 1922) was a military and civilian order of the Ottoman Empire. The order was instituted...
- Mecidiye or Médjidié may refer to: Mecidiye, Bozkurt Mecidiye, Ezine Mecidiye, Erzincan Mecidiye, Karacabey, a village Mecidiye, Keşan, a village Mecidiye...
- Hamid II, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire at the time, who gave him the Medjidie Medal of fourth degree "for his excellent efforts in promoting this industry...
- Commonwealth armed forces. Doughty-Wylie had been awarded the Order of the Medjidie from the very Ottoman Government he later fought against. He was generally...
- Giacomo Durando (4 February 1807 – 21 August 1894) was an Italian general and statesman. His brother Giovanni was also a general of the Risorgimento and...
- Sir Auckland Colvin KCSI KCMG CIE (1838–1908) was a colonial administrator in India and Egypt, born into the Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He was comptroller...
- Karl Bruno Julius Mudra, from 1913 von Mudra (1 April 1851, in Bad Muskau – 21 November 1931, in Zippendorf) was a Prussian officer, and later General...
- the Teutonic Knights (1916) Red Cross Medal (Prussia, 1916) Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire, 1916) Grand Cross of the Albert Order with a golden star...
- of Glory was not made obsolete by the institution of the Order of the Medjidie in 1851, but continued to be awarded during the reign of Abdul Hamid II...
- General Sir Arthur Borton GCB GCMG (20 January 1814 – 7 September 1893) was a British Army officer who went on to serve as Governor of Malta from 1878...