Abdul Hamid II, Sultan · Sultan-caliph of pan-Islam

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Abdul Hamid IIعبد الحميد الثاني

Istanbul

The sultan who stressed his role as caliph of all Muslims and built the Hijaz Railway.

He granted a constitution in 1876 and suspended it two years later. He ruled personally for thirty years, built schools and the Hijaz Railway to Madinah, and appealed to Muslims worldwide. The Young Turks deposed him in 1909.

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Murad VMehmed V

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