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Abdul Hamid II

1842 - 1918

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Abdulhamid 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. Elevated to power in the wake of Young Ottoman coups, he promulgated the Ottoman Empire's first constitution, a sign of the progressive thinking that marked his early rule. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Hamid II is the 237th most popular politician (down from 150th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 24th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Turkish Politician.

Abdul Hamid II was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire. He is most famous for being the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1876-1909.

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Among politicians, Abdul Hamid II ranks 237 out of 19,576. Before him are Manmohan Singh, Jacques Chirac, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Sonia Gandhi, George H. W. Bush, and Hosni Mubarak. After him are Möngke Khan, Henry III of France, Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Clovis I, William Ewart Gladstone, and Louis IX of France.

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Among people born in 1842, Abdul Hamid II ranks 2. Before him is John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. After him are Stéphane Mallarmé, William James, Peter Kropotkin, Jules Massenet, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Alfred Marshall, Karl May, Dominic Savio, Josef Breuer, and Camille Flammarion. Among people deceased in 1918, Abdul Hamid II ranks 4. Before him are Nicholas II of Russia, Gustav Klimt, and Claude Debussy. After him are Alexandra Feodorovna, Gavrilo Princip, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Egon Schiele, Guillaume Apollinaire, Mehmed V, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Georg Cantor.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Abdul Hamid II ranks 34 out of 1,347. Before him are Orhan (1288), Anaxagoras (-500), Basil of Caesarea (329), Mehmed III (1566), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), and Murad IV (1612). After him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Mustafa I (1591), Aspasia (-470), Heraclius (575), Luke the Evangelist (31), and Mehmed IV (1642).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Abdul Hamid II ranks 19. Before him are Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), Murad I (1326), Orhan (1288), Mehmed III (1566), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), and Murad IV (1612). After him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Mustafa I (1591), Heraclius (575), Mehmed IV (1642), Mehmed I (1386), and Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404).

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