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ABDUL'HAMID'S FATE. RESHAD BECOMES SULTAN. (Bs Electric Telegraph--Copyright.) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.! Received April 28, 8.35 a.m. LONDON, April.27. Reuter reports that the Sultan's dethronement has been decided upon. Reshad succeeds him. Other reports state that, the movement to dethrone Abdul was hastened by the discovery that many prisoners were in possession of from £o to £20. The Sultan is accused of distributing £300,000 among the garrison. . [Mehcmmed Reshad Effendi is the brother of Abdul Ha mid. He was born in 1844. Abdul; ascended the throne in 1876 upon the deposition of his elder brother:] "
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8858, 28 April 1909, Page 5
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95DETHRONED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8858, 28 April 1909, Page 5
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