On this day (27 April, 1909 CE {5/6 Rabi al-Thani, 1327 AH}), Ottoman Sultan-Caliph Abdülhamid II was overthrown and dethroned by the Young Turks.
He is considered the last true Caliph & Sultan of the Ottomans as his reign was the last during which an Ottoman ruler exercised real power over the government.













