Sultan Abdul Hamid II

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Sultan Abdul Hamid II was the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, known for his long and autocratic reign, pan-Islamic policies, and efforts at modernization amid growing internal and external pressures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Caliph of Islam
Ottoman sultan
birthDate 1842-09-21
birthPlace Istanbul
Ottoman Empire
burialPlace Istanbul
Turbe of Mahmud II
linked to: Tomb of Mahmud II
capitalDuringReign Istanbul
child Ayşe Sultan
Mehmed Selim
Naime Sultan
Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir
conflict Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
countryGoverned Ottoman Empire
deathDate 1918-02-10
deathPlace Istanbul
Ottoman Empire
dynasty Ottoman dynasty
era late Ottoman period
event deposed in 1909
facedOppositionFrom Committee of Union and Progress
Young Turks
father Abdulmejid I
fullName Abdul Hamid II
house House of Osman
linked to: Ottoman dynasty
implemented pan-Islamic propaganda policies
state educational network expansion
telegraph and railway expansion
knownFor Armenian massacres of the 1890s
linked to: Hamidian massacres

Hamidian massacres
Hejaz Railway project
linked to: Hejaz Railway

autocratic rule
censorship
centralization of power
dissolution of the first Ottoman parliament
educational reforms
extensive use of secret police
modernization efforts
pan-Islamic policies
railway development
suspension of the Ottoman constitution of 1876
languageSpoken Ottoman Turkish
mother Tirimüjgan Kadın
notableProject Yıldız Palace expansion
placeOfExile Salonika
politicalIdeology Ottomanism
pan-Islamism
positionHeld 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
predecessor Murad V
regnalName Sultan Abdul Hamid II
reignEnd 1909-04-27
reignStart 1876-08-31
religion Sunni Islam
removedFromPowerBy Young Turk Revolution
residence Yıldız Palace
linked to: Dolmabahce Palace
spouse Bidar Kadın
Müşfika Kadın
Peyveste Hanım
Saliha Naciye Kadın
styleOfRule autocracy
successor Mehmed V
title Caliph of the Muslims
Padishah
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman sultan
treaty Treaty of Berlin (1878)

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Ottoman coat of arms adoptedBy Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Ottoman coat of arms adoptedDuringReignOf Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Young Turk Revolution opposedBy Sultan Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Ottoman dynasty notableRuler Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Ottoman Parliament dissolvedBy Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Ottoman sultan significantFigure Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Tevfik Fikret criticized Abdulhamid II
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First Constitutional Era monarchDuringPeriod Sultan Abdul Hamid II
First Constitutional Era initiatedUnderMonarch Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Second Constitutional Era monarchDuringPeriod Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II hasSubject Sultan Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II removedFromOffice Sultan Abdulhamid II
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Deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II replacedRuler Sultan Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Committee of Union and Progress opposed Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Committee of Union and Progress deposed Abdul Hamid II
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Abdul Hamid II fullName Abdul Hamid II
subject linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Abdul Hamid II regnalName Sultan Abdul Hamid II
subject linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Ottoman House notableRuler Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Ottoman Constitution of 1876 reignOf Abdülhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Ottoman Constitution of 1876 suspendedBy Abdülhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Mehmed V predecessor Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
War of Independence (1877–1878) opposedBy Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire) suspendedBy Abdülhamid II
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Hamidian massacres perpetrator Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Hamidian massacres significantFigure Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Hamidian massacres namedAfter Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Dolmabahce Clock Tower builtFor Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Dolmabahce Clock Tower commissionedBy Sultan Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Sultan Abdülmecid Khan notableRelative Abdülhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Hamideye Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi namedAfter Sultan Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Hejaz Railway patron Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Hamidiye regiments namedAfter Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Hamidiye regiments commander Abdul Hamid II
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Hamidiye regiments allegiance Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Qasr al-Mshatta donationBy Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Jaffa Clock Tower builtDuringReignOf Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Jaffa Clock Tower dedicatedTo Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Sha'ar HeHadash constructedUnder Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Dormition Abbey builtOnLandGrantedBy Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II