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Monday, December 19, 2005

Gulf Daily NewsTV series on life of Ottoman ruler

"TV series on life of Ottoman ruler

By ALISTAIR BAPTISTA

A BAHRAINI production company is heading to Syria to shoot a TV series on Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918).

The series, entitled the Last of the Sultans, revolves around the life of the Sultan from age 10 until his death in exile.

The Sultan is credited for promoting pan-Islamic ideas and in 1908 completing the Hijaz Railway between Istanbul and Medina."

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