The legacy of Sultan Abdülhamid II : memoirs and biography of Sultan Selim bin Hamid Han
"Upon the death of his imperial parents, Prince Selim's fate was a peculiar one - the prince was at the outset at the mercy of the ambitions of the times, and he lived out a subsequent life impacted until very recently by a lack of understanding of his inherited role. Ambitiousness was as near his guardians and as dangerous as the political opportunists who sought to mark themselves as the crafters of a new political entity. The Prince was in harm's way at a time of greed and glory. All the while in exile, Prince Selim bin Hamid Han, being the last surviving son of Sultan Abdülhamid II, restored during the last ten years of his life, the continuity of the Ottoman Sultanate and Caliphate as the 20th century drew to a close. The author takes the readers on a long journey from the Central Asian steppes as the Turkoman tribes make their way to Persia during the VI century, and continue to finally integrate their influence into modern times."-- Book jacket
Print Book, English, 2001
First edition
Sultana Publishing, Santa Fe, NM, 2001