The near East from within . <u I e o. X 3JQ Mediha Sultane 41 ances as to his safety. It is even reported that beforeAbdul Hamid had been taken away from Constantinople,Mehmed Rechad had been to see him secretly, and hadbegged his pardon for having usurped his place, assur-ing him that it had not been his fault that this hadoccurred. To this, it seems, wise and cunning AbdulHamid had replied that his day was not over yet, andthat the time would come when his brother and successorwould be only too glad to have the benefit of his seems that when the Council of Ministers heardabout t
The near East from within . <u I e o. X 3JQ Mediha Sultane 41 ances as to his safety. It is even reported that beforeAbdul Hamid had been taken away from Constantinople,Mehmed Rechad had been to see him secretly, and hadbegged his pardon for having usurped his place, assur-ing him that it had not been his fault that this hadoccurred. To this, it seems, wise and cunning AbdulHamid had replied that his day was not over yet, andthat the time would come when his brother and successorwould be only too glad to have the benefit of his seems that when the Council of Ministers heardabout the visit, they censured Mehmed Rechad severelyfor taking such a step; they even threatened him withremoval and imprisonment, which sent him into a stateof panic. Had Rechad been left to himself, he would probablyhave refused the diadem of Islam, but the iron will ofone of his sisters, the lovely Mediha Sultane, proved toostrong for him. This Turkish Princess was one of thefirst women in Constantinople to adopt Eiu-opean waysand manners,
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