Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II was deposed by unanimous vote of the Turkish parliament, after a fatwa was approved by Sheik ul Islam. A fatwa was necessary as he was the Caliph and, therefore, both a civil and a religious figure.
Rechad Effendi, the Sultan's brother, a prisoner of the deposed monarch since 1876, was invited to be the new Sultan, which he became as Sultan Mehmed V.
It was quite a promotion, at least for the time being.
And folks were photographing Arizona.
University of Arizona, April 27, 1909.
Tuscon, Arizona.
Tombstone Arizona.
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