Sultan Abdul Hamid II

Sultan Abdul Hamid II was one of the last Ottoman Sultans but among the greatest world leaders to emerge in recent times. Loved by the Muslim world and respected even by his adversaries, Sultan Abdul Hamid’s life and legacy is an inspirational example for current and future generations to come.

This film explores and discusses his life and legacy from various perspectives including the following themes and topics:

• The childhood and formative years of Abdul Hamid II
• “Year of the three sultans” (1876). Reign of Sultan Abdul-Aziz and Sultan Murad
• Rise of the Committee for Unity and Progress (CUP)
• Ottoman Parliament reforms and “Constitutional Caliphate”
• Pan-Islamic policies of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his focus on Muslim unity
• Ottoman Educational reforms and preservation of moral codes
• Ottoman clothing reforms and resistance to Western Liberalism movement
• Reduction of Ottoman financial debts to Britain and France
• Construction Hejaz Railway project for the Hajj pilgrim
• The significance of Photography and iconography is Ottoman Turkey
• 1909 Revolution lead by the Young Turks (CUP)
• Ottoman Cooperation with the Germans during WW1
• Deposition and exile (to Salonica) of Sultan Abdul Hamid II
• Death and Legacy of Sultan Abdul Hamid II
• “Istimdad” the poem dedicated to Sultan Abdul Hamid II by Riza Tevfik

For further research and study on the life of Abdul Hamid II, you may listen to the following lectures and presentations as referenced in this film.

• Decolonisation of History | Last True Ottoman Sultan (1/3) | Dr Yakoob Ahmed | Contemporary Issues Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0NGUAL7aBs
• Abdul Hamid II | The Last True Ottoman Sultan (2/3) | Dr Yakoob Ahmed | Contemporary Issues Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrB_X0YdY4w
• The life of Abdul Hamid II - by Dr. Muhammad Musa AlShareef https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alv7T0vjcD4
• The Great Hakan: Sultan Abdul Hamid Han by Shaykh Lokman Efendi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6ClHmoP_S0

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