Also known as Abd-ul-Hamid II; Abdulhamid; Abdul Hamid; Abd al-Hamid II; Abdul-Hamid. Born 21 September 1842; died 1918. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909. He was the son of Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid, he succeeded to the throne upon the deposition of his brother Murad V.