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This book reveals multiple aspects of life in the Ottoman palace, in both its public space and private space. It does so by exploring the Sultan Abdülhamid I Tomb in Istanbul, investigating the paths that open to us through the graves of the royalty in the mausoleum and those of the courtiers, eunuchs, concubines and female harem managers in the garden graveyard around it. The treasure of information at this graveyard allows us to piece together a wide spectrum of details that illuminate the court funerary culture of the era as we come to an understanding of the role of royal cemeteries in strengthening the bonds between the reigning House and the populace and enhancing the legitimacy of the dynasty's rule.

It introduces the tomb complex to the reader, interpreting its architecture, art and poetry, before exploring the lives and careers of 65 of the 86 people interred. It reveals intriguing stories - from that of Sultan Abdulhamid's daughter Zeyneb, born when he was a prince and raised in secrecy outside the palace until he came to the throne, to that of Prince Murad, exhumed and reburied late one night in 1812. By exploring the history revealed through these life stories, the book sheds light on Ottoman palace life and culture in an era that witnessed the most wrenching changes of modern Ottoman history seen until then - the reforms forcibly introduced by Sultan Mahmud II after 1826 - and uncovers manifestations of these changes in this graveyard.

Courts and courtiers --- Palaces --- Tombs --- History --- HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. --- Abdülhamid --- Tomb. --- 1700-1899 --- Istanbul (Turkey) --- İstanbul (Turquie) --- Turkey --- Court and courtiers --- Histoire --- Courts and courtiers. --- Tombs.

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This book explores an event described by The Times as 'one of the greatest and most sensational political conspiracies of modern times'. On 21st July 1905, just after the Friday Prayer at the Yildiz Hamidiye Mosque in Istanbul, a car bomb exploded and left 26 dead with another 58 wounded. Sultan Abdulhamid II, the target of the attack, remained unscathed. The Ottoman police soon discovered that Armenian revolutionaries were behind the plot and several people were arrested and convicted, among them the Belgian anarchist Edward Joris. His incarceration sparked international reaction and created a diplomatic conflict. The assassination attempt failed, the events faded from memory, and the plot became a footnote in early twentieth-century history. This book rediscovers the conspiracy as a transnational moment in late Ottoman history, opening a window on key themes in modern history, such as international law, terrorism, Orientalism, diplomacy, anarchism, imperialism, nationalism, mass media and humanitarianism. It provides an original look on the many trans- and international links between the Ottoman Empire, Europe and the rest of the world at the start of the twentieth century.

History. --- History, Modern. --- Middle East --- World history. --- World politics. --- Terrorism. --- Political violence. --- History of the Middle East. --- Political History. --- Terrorism and Political Violence. --- Modern History. --- World History, Global and Transnational History. --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Universal history --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- Annals --- Abdülhamid --- Assassination attempt, 1905. --- Turkey --- Politics and government --- Abdülhamit --- Abdul-Hamid --- ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd --- Aptiwl Hamit II, --- Abd-ul-Hamid --- Avdoul Chamēt --- سلطان عبد الحميد الثاني ، --- سلطان عبدالحميد ثانى --- عبد الحميد --- عبدالحميد --- Middle East-History. --- History --- World history --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Political science --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Middle East—History. --- Violence --- Terrorism --- Abd-al-Hamid --- Abdul Hamid --- Abdulhamid --- ʿAbd-ül-Ḥamīd --- Abd-ül-Hamid --- Abdulhamit --- ʿAbd-al-Ḥamīd Ibn-ʿAbd-al-Maǧīd --- ʿAbd-al-Ḥamīd --- 'Abd-ül-Hamit --- Sulṭān ʿAbd-al-Ḥamīd aṯ-Ṯānī --- Abd ul Hamid II --- Абдул Хамид II --- Абдул-Хамид II --- Абдул-Гамід II --- Αμπντούλ Χαμίτ Β΄ --- Sultan --- Weltkrieg --- Istanbul --- Thessaloniki --- Abd-al-Madschid --- Murad --- 1842-1918 --- 1878-1909 --- Turkey. --- Türkei --- Ottoman Empire. --- Anatolia --- Anatolie --- Ānātūl --- Asia Minor --- Asia Minore --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Turk Uls --- Buturuki --- Cộng hoà Thỏ̂ Nhĩ K --- Dēmokratia tēs Tourkias --- Devlet-i Aliye Osmaniye --- Durka --- Durkka dásseváldi --- Gweriniaeth Twrci --- Jamhuri ya Uturuki --- Jamhuuriyada Turki --- Jumhūrīyah al-Turkīyah --- Komara Tirkiyey --- Lýðveldið Turkaland --- Lýðveldið Tyrkland --- Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira ilẹ̀ Túrk --- Osmanlı İmparatorluğu --- Osmanskai͡a Imperii͡ --- Ottoman Empire --- Pobblaght ny Turkee --- Poblacht na Tuirce --- Repóbblica d'l Turch --- Repubbleche de Turchie --- Repubblica di Turchia --- Republic of Turkey --- Republic of Türkiye --- República da Turquia --- Republica de Turchia --- Republica de Turquía --- Republica Turcia --- Republiek Turkeye --- Republiek Turkije --- Republiek van Turkye --- Republik bu Tirki --- Republik Tierkei --- Republik Turkäi --- Republik Türkei --- Républik Turki --- Republik Turkia --- Republika e Turqis --- Republika ng Turkiya --- Repùblika Tërecczi --- Republika Turcija --- Republika Turcji --- Republika Turcyje --- Republika Turecko --- Republika Turkiya --- Republika Turkojska --- Republika Turska --- Republika Turt͡sii͡ --- Republiḳah ha-Ṭurḳiyah --- Republiken Turkiet --- Republikken Tyrkia --- Republikken Tyrkiet --- République de Turquie --- République turque --- Repuvlika de Turkiya --- Ripablik kya Buturuki --- Ripoliku Turkiyakondre --- T.C. --- Tagduda n Tturk --- TC --- Teki --- Tëreck --- Ṭerḳay --- Ṭerḳishe Republi --- Thekhi --- Thỏ̂ Nhĩ K --- Thú-ngí-kh --- Tiakei --- Tierkei --- Tiki --- Tirki --- Tırkiya --- Tirkiye --- Ti͡urk --- Ti͡urk Respublika --- Ti͡urkii͡ --- Ti͡urkii͡a Respublika --- Tlacatlahtocayotl Turquia --- Tʻŏkʻi --- T'ŏk'i Konghwaguk --- Tʼóok Bikéyah --- Torkėj --- Tȯrki --- Törkie --- Tȯrkii͡ --- Tȯrkii͡a Jȯmḣu̇rii͡ate --- Török Köztársaság --- Törökország --- Toruko --- Toruko Kyōwakoku --- Tourkia --- Tourkikē Dēmokratia --- Tturk --- Tu er qi gong he guo --- Tū-ī-g --- Tū-ī-gì Gê̤ṳng-huò-guók --- Tu'erqi --- Tu'erqi gong he guo --- Tu'erqi Gongheguo --- Tuirc --- Tunk --- Turch --- Turchia --- Turchie --- Turchy Respublikæ --- Turcia --- Turcija --- Turcijas Republika --- Turcja --- Turcland --- Turcyjo --- Turechchyna --- Turecká republika --- Turecko --- Tureke --- Turet͡ska Respublika --- Turėtskai͡a Rėspublika --- Tureuki --- Türgi --- Türgi Vabariik --- Türg --- Türgü Vabariik --- Turk --- Turkäi --- Turkaland --- Turkamastor --- Türkän --- Turkanʹ respubliksʹ --- Turkee --- Turkeya --- Turkeye --- Turki --- Turkia --- Turkia Respubliko --- Turkie --- Turkiet --- Turkii --- Tu̇rkii͡ --- Tu̇rkii͡a Respublikasy --- Tu̇rkiĭ --- Tu̇rkiĭė Respublikata --- Turkija --- Turkije --- Turkin tasavalta --- Turkio --- Turkiy --- Turkiya Republika --- Türkiyä Respublikası --- Turkiyah --- Turkiyakondre --- Türkiye --- Türkiye Cumhuriyeti --- Türkiýe Respublikasy --- Turkki --- Turkojska --- Turkowska --- Turkujo --- Turkya --- Turkyah --- Turkye --- Turqia --- Turquía --- Turquie --- Turska --- Turtchie --- Turt͡si --- Turt͡si Respubliki --- Turt͡sii͡ --- Turtsyi͡ --- Turukiya --- Tuykia --- Twrci --- Tyrkia --- Tyrkiet --- Tyrkland --- Tẏrt͡si --- Uturuki --- Vysokai͡a Porta --- Whenua Korukoru --- République Turque --- T'owrk'ia --- Turkish Republic --- Türken --- Osmanisches Reich --- 1923 --- -Politics and government --- Abdülhamit --- ʿAbd-ül-Ḥamīd --- Abd-ül-Hamid --- ʿAbd-al-Ḥamīd Ibn-ʿAbd-al-Maǧīd --- ʿAbd-al-Ḥamīd --- 'Abd-ül-Hamit --- Abdülhamid --- Sulṭān ʿAbd-al-Ḥamīd aṯ-Ṯānī --- II. Abdülhamid --- Αμπντούλ Χαμίτ Β΄ --- Erster Weltkrieg