New film tells story of Muslim aid to Ireland during Great Famine
Jo Siedlecka
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:11 pm.
The little-known story of the Turkish Sultan who was one of the few people to come to the aid of Ireland during the Great Famine, is the focus of a new film due out soon, starring Irish actor Colin Farrell.
Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland endured the terrible loss of a million dead and the mass exodus of more than one million people never to return. When the Turkish Ottoman, Sultan Khaleefah Abdul-Majid I, heard about the unfolding disaster, he declared his intention to send £10,000 to help Irish farmers. However, Queen Victoria intervened and requested that the Sultan send only £1,000, because she had only given £2,000 herself.
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