Sultan Abdul Hamid II, one of the last Khalifah’s commissioned thousands of photographs of the Uthmani (Ottoman) Khilafah during his time. The following is a link to site containing many of these photographs, it gives us an appreciation of the reality of the Khilafah in that time.<\/p>\n
This monumental collection portrays the Ottoman Empire during the reign of one of its last sultans, Abdul-Hamid II. The 1,819 photographs in 51 large-format albums date from about 1880 to 1893. They highlight the modernization of numerous aspects of the Ottoman Empire, featuring images of educational facilities and students; well-equipped army and navy personnel and facilities; technologically advanced lifesaving and fire fighting brigades; factories; mines; harbors; hospitals; and government buildings. Most of the places depicted are within the boundaries of modern-day Turkey, but buildings and sites in Iraq, Lebanon, Greece and other countries are also included.<\/p>\n
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