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Abdul Hamid II

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Abdul Hamid II

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Also known as Abdulhamid 2, Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of Turkey, Abdul-Hamid II

34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876–1909)

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Abdul Hamid II was the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who ruled from 1876 to 1909 during a period of significant challenge and change for the declining empire. His reign matters historically because it witnessed major reforms, constitutional developments, and territorial losses that shaped the Ottoman Empire's final decades before its collapse after World War I.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ottoman Empire
Place of birth
Istanbul
Place of death
Beylerbeyi Palace
Occupation
sovereign
Position held
sultan
Languages spoken
Ottoman Turkish
Native language
Ottoman Turkish
Religion
Sunni Islam
Noble title
sultan
Image
Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1899.jpg
Work location
Istanbul
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Commons category
Abdül Hamid II
date of birth
1842-09-21
date of death
1918-02-10
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Category:Abdul Hamid II
Commons Creator page
Abdül Hamid II
Commons gallery
Sultan Abdülhamit II
place of burial
Mausoleum of Mahmud II
name in native language
عبد الحميد ثانی
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
writing language
Ottoman Turkish
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DynastyOttoman FatherAbdülmecid I MotherBiological mother: Tirimüjgan Kadın Adoptive mother: Rahime Perestu Sultan ReligionSunni Islam Tughra

Abdülhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد ثانی, romanized: Abd ul-Hamid-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 – 10 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a period of decline with rebellions (particularly in the Balkans), and presided over an unsuccessful war with the Russian Empire (1877–78), the loss of Egypt, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Tunisia, and Thessaly from Ottoman control (1877–1882), followed by a successful war against Greece in 1897, though Ottoman gains were tempered by subsequent Western European intervention.

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