TURKEY Abdul-Hamid II; known as the Bloody (September 21; 1842 - February 10; 1918); 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire from the dismissal of his brother Murad V; which took place August 31; 1876; to April 27; 1909 when; because of the uprising military of the Young Turks; he was replaced by his brother Mehmet V. "the Great Sultan Abdul Hamid"; portrait on the front page of "La Tribune - Supplement illustrated Sunday"; Italy November 24; 1895