Abdulaziz was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdulmejid I in
Portrait by Abdullah Frères
A portrait of Sultan Abdülaziz (1869)
Sultan Abdulaziz during his visit to the United Kingdom in 1867.
Queen Victoria and Sultan Abdulaziz on the royal yacht HMY Victoria and Albert during the Sultan's visit to the United Kingdom in 1867.
The history of Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire covers the period from the capture of Constantinople by the Turks on 29 May 1453 to the abolition of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 and the transfer of th
View of Istanbul from bird's-eye view (in the foreground – Galata and Golden Horn inlet, behind them – Bosphorus promontory and the Sea of Marmara)