Abdul Hamid II Sultan of Ottoman Turkey AD 1876-1909 Harem Girls Cards

[WillieBoyd2]

My father collected postcards and drawings and had these two printed fanciful illustrations of Turkey's Sultan Abdul Hamid II with harem girls superimposed over the Sultan's portrait.

[EDITED] The illustrations are from the early 1900's. The second card was printed by "PFB", or Paul Fink, Berlin.

Abdul Hamid II (AD 1842-1918) was the Sultan of Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) from 1876 to 1909 when he was deposed by the "Young Turks".

He had 13 wives.


Abdul Hamid II Illustration No. 1
Size: 7" x 10" (17.6 mm x 25.1 mm)


Abdul Hamid II Illustration No. 2
Size: 7-1/2" x 11" (18.4 mm x 27.7 mm)

A couple of coins to make it legal:


Turkey 50 Kurush Abdul Hamid II Date: AH 1293 Regnal year: 32 (AD 1906)
Gold, 18.0 mm, 3.58 gm


Turkey 100 Kurush Abdul Hamid II Date: AH 1293 Regnal year: 20 (AD 1895)
Gold, 22.0 mm, 7.21 gm

[Figleaf]

Clever. The harder you look, the more ladies you see.

Peter

[Tirant]

Interesting and impressive. On the other side, that's not what i expect when i wish i had gathered a lot of beautiful young ladies

[brandm24]

Very interesting and well done. I keep looking at them and see more girls each time.

Bruce