    ntence 1: Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1876  909) tried to apply absolute rule to an  mpire staggering under a crushing foreign  bt, with a fragmented population of  ostile people, and succeeded. only in  (ting ill will and dissatisfaction amongst   he younger generation of educated Turks.    ntence 2: Although he was disliked by  lucated young Turks, Sultan Abdul Hamid II  's loved by the older generations.