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Mustafa Rashid Pasha, one of the men of the Ottoman Tanzimat reforms. al-Salabi reports that in 1839 CE he read out, in the name of Sultan Abd al-Majid I, the Hatt-i Sharif of Gulhane, and that it made Muslim and non-Muslim subjects equal ².

al-Salabi reports that the scholars denounced the decree and considered it contrary to the Qur'an, and that its issue was the price Britain and Europe obtained for settling their dispute with Muhammad Ali Pasha. He established a council of deputies, drew up a penal code and founded a state bank. He was dismissed in 1841 CE and returned four years later ². This is the view of a single author and needs an additional source.