Abdul Hamid I, Sultan · Sultan of Kucuk Kaynarca

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RulerSultan · Sultan of Kucuk Kaynarca

Abdul Hamid Iعبد الحميد الأول

Istanbul

The sultan who signed away Crimea, the first Muslim land the empire lost to Russia.

The Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca in 1774 freed Crimea from Ottoman rule but named the sultan caliph of its Muslims, a new use of the title. Russia annexed Crimea in 1783.

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Mustafa IIISelim III

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