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Subj: A.Word.A.Day–irade
Date: 7/9/2002 12:58:52 AM Central Daylight Time
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irade (i-RAH-day) noun

A decree.

[From Turkish, From Arabic iradah (will, desire, wish).]

"A second irade on the 23rd of the same month offered full amnesty
to the rebels, safe return to the fugitives, protection against all
oppression, a free gift of the necessary materials for rebuilding
their houses, and corn for sowing their fields, together with
remission of the tenth for one year, and of all other taxes for two
years."
Wilhelm Mueller, Russo-Turkish War: Part I, History of the World.