Order of Charity (Ottoman Empire)

Order of Charity Şefkat Nişanı
Order of Charity of the Ottoman Empire
Awarded by Ottoman Sultan
Country	Ottoman Empire
Type	Order of Merit
Awarded for	Charitable work
Status	No longer awarded
Statistics
Established	1878

The Order of Charity (Turkish: Şefkat Nişanı) was an order of the Ottoman Empire founded in 1878 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. It was awarded to selected women for distinguished humanitarian or charitable works.