What is Abdul Hamid II?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Abdul Hamid II | title = [[Caliph]] of [[Islam]]<br/>[[Amir al-Mu'minin]]<br/>[[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques]] | titletext = | more = | type = | image = Abdülhamid II of Turkey.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Abdul Hamid II in the late 19th century as a Sultan. | succession = [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] | moretext = | reign = {{nowrap|31 August 1876 – 27 April 1909}} | reign-type = Reign | coronation = 7 September 1876 | cor-type = {{nowrap|[[Sword of Osman|Sword girding]]}} | predecessor = [[Murad V]] | pre-type = Predecessor | regent = | reg-type = | successor = [[Mehmed V]] | suc-type = Successor | succession1 = | spouse = | spouse-type = | issue = | full name = Abdul Hamid bin Abdulmejid<br>عبد الحميد بن عبد المجيد | era name = | era dates = | house = [[House of Osman]] | house-type = Royal house | father = [[Abdulmejid I]] | mother = • [[Tirimüjgan Sultan]]<br/>• [[Rahime Perestu Sultan]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1842|9|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Topkapı Palace]], [[Istanbul|Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1918|2|10|1842|9|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Beylerbeyi Palace]], [[Istanbul|Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]] | burial_date = | burial_place = Sultan Mahmud II Tomb | religion = [[Sunni Islam]] | signature_type = [[Tughra]] | signature = Tughra of Abdülhamid II.svg }} '''Abdul Hamid II''' (21 September 1842 – 10 February 1918) was the 34th [[Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theottomans.org/english/family/abdulhamid2.asp |title=Abdulhamid II |work=The Sultans |publisher=theottomans.org |access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> He was the last sultan to have complete control over the Empire. He was respo