Ottoman Empire / old Turkey. Carte de Visite of a Pasha Abd al-Hamid, Ottoman sultan (1876–1909).
When Abd al-Hamid II took over the throne he at first accepted (1876) the constitution promulgated by Midhat Pasha but soon suspended it, dismissed Midhat, and eventually had him strangled. The war with Russia led to the Treaty of San Stefano, subsequently modified by the Congress of Berlin. To save what remained of his empire, the sultan then pursued a policy of friendship with Germany.
Ca. 1880: CdV Ottoman Empire. Abd al-Hamid II - col7738
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