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Abd al-Hamid I

Abd al-Hamid I (r. 1187–1203/1773–1788) — came from the palace seclusion to sign away the Black Sea: Küçük Kaynarca (1774) freed Crimea, opened Ottoman waters to Russian ships and gave Russia a protected church in Galata.

Reign · Ottoman Empire · no. 19 in the chain · 1774–1789 CE

Ruled the caliphate

Events of the reign

Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791

Draft card for the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791 under Selim III; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Balambangan Island (1775)

Draft card for Battle of Balambangan Island (1775); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Baneh (1777)

Draft card for Battle of Baneh (1777); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Bodrum (1774)

Draft card for Battle of Bodrum (1774); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Chamchamal (1774)

Draft card for Battle of Chamchamal (1774); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Focșani

Draft card for the Battle of Focșani in 1789, the Austro-Russian victory over the Ottomans in Moldavia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Grigoripolis (1785)

Draft card for Battle of Grigoripolis (1785); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Hella (1775)

Draft card for Battle of Hella (1775); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Jilehoy (1787)

Draft card for the Battle of Jilehoy in 1787, of the Caucasian wars; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Karánsebes

Draft card for the Karánsebes affair of 1788, the notorious friendly-fire incident in the Austrian army during its war with the Ottomans; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Katchkalikov (1787)

Draft card for Battle of Katchkalikov (1787); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Kinburn

Draft card for the Battle of Kinburn in 1787, Suvorov's repulse of the Ottoman landing in the war with Russia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Kozludzha

Draft card for the Battle of Kozludzha in 1774, the Ottoman defeat that led directly to the treaty of Küçük Kaynarca; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Nachishkrevi (1784)

Draft card for Battle of Nachishkrevi (1784); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Rukh

Draft card for the Battle of Rukh in 1779, the Georgian clash with Ottoman forces in Mingrelia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Rymnik

Draft card for the Battle of Rymnik in 1789, the great Austro-Russian victory over the Ottoman army; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Sanandaj (1777)

Draft card for Battle of Sanandaj (1777); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Sembulan (1788)

Draft card for Battle of Sembulan (1788); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Dutch-Selangor War

Draft card for Dutch-Selangor War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
First Scutari–Ottoman War (1785–1789)

Draft card for First Scutari–Ottoman War (1785–1789); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Great Siege of Gibraltar

Draft card for the Great Siege of Gibraltar of 1779–1783, the failed Franco-Spanish attempt to retake the Rock; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Ottoman–Persian War of 1775–1776

Draft card for the Ottoman–Persian War of 1775–1776, Karim Khan Zand's occupation of Basra; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Riau War

Draft card for Riau War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774

Draft card for the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792

Draft card for the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Second Anglo-Mysore War

Draft card for the Second Anglo-Mysore War of 1780–1784, Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan's war against the East India Company; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Serbian–Ottoman Wars

Draft card for the Serbian–Ottoman wars of 1352–1913, the centuries of Serb–Ottoman conflict; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Acre (1775)

Draft card for Siege of Acre (1775); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Basra (1775)

Draft card for Siege of Basra (1775); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Belgrade (1787–1788)

Draft card for Siege of Belgrade (1787–1788); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Belgrade

Draft card for the Siege of Belgrade in 1789, the Austrian capture of the Ottoman city in Joseph II's war; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Berezan (1788)

Draft card for the Siege of Berezan in 1788, an action of the Russo-Turkish War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Cuddalore

Draft card for the Siege of Cuddalore in 1783, the British siege in the Second Mysore war; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Dubica (1788)

Draft card for Siege of Dubica (1788); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Haifa (1775)

Draft card for Siege of Haifa (1775); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Khotin

Draft card for the Siege of Khotin in 1788, the Austro-Russian blockade of the Ottoman fortress; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Ochakov

Draft card for the Siege of Ochakov in 1788, Potemkin's storming of the Ottoman Black Sea fortress in the war of 1787–92; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Souliote War (1789–1793)

Draft card for Souliote War (1789–1793); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca

Küçük Kaynarca, 1774 — the war's end in Bulgaria: an 'independent' Crimea (its Muslims' religious affairs still under the caliph), Russian warships in Ottoman waters, a Russian church under protection in Galata, and fifteen thousand purses of indemnity — the end of Ottoman mastery of the Black Sea.

The museum record for this caliph