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| Keywords: Abdul-Hamid villa Allatini.jpg Post-card by Matarasso Saragoussi Rousso Salonique Salonika Thessaloniki mailed on June 22nd 1912 from Salonika to New-York City It is now 8 P M and I am pretty well toasted If the Sun had been visible an hour longer I should have been done to a turn The ex-Sultan is closely guarded here and no one is allowed near the house The guard is changed every month to avoid bribery Monte Sultan Abdul Hamid II 1842-1918 known as the Red Sultan was the last of the autocratic Ottoman Sultans ruled from 1876 to April 27th 1909 He was deposed by the Young Turks and exiled to Salonika then part of the Ottoman Empire and placed under house arrest at the Villa Allatini until Oct 17th 1912 when the Greek army entered the city and incorporated it in the Greek state He was moved to Constantinople and placed under house arrest at the Beylerbey Palace until his death on Feb 10th 1918 http //mideastimage com/result aspx between 1909 1911 author PD-Art Abdül Hamid II Thessaloniki in the Ottoman era Buildings in Thessaloniki Villas in Thessaloniki | ||||
