Abdul-Hamid II

[ ahb-dool-hah-meed ]

noun

1. 1842–1918, sultan of Turkey 1876–1909.

Abdul-Hamid II

/ ˌæbdʊlhæˈmiːd /

noun

1. Abdul-Hamid18421918MTurkishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1842–1918, sultan of Turkey (1876–1909), deposed by the Young Turks, noted for his brutal suppression of the Armenian revolt (1894–96)

Example Sentences

Again, in the time of Abdul-Hamîd II., in 1896, when the Armenians rose and entered the Ottoman Bank at Constantinople, with the object of frightening the Sultan and compelling him to proclaim the Constitution, he ordered a massacre at Constantinople and in the Vilayets.

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