re: #161 Blind Frog Belly White

I wonder how history would have gone if Abdulmecid I of the Ottoman Empire had not contracted Tuberculosis. He started the Tanzimat, and was competent, and fairly good ruler.

I think he might, had he not died at 38 (!?!) have been able to reform the Ottoman Empire into a state that would have survived to the present day.

It was Abdulhamid II, one of the greatest monsters to come out of the Muslim World before 1923 (Along with Aurangzeb and the Mad Caliph Al-Hakim) fatally injured the Ottoman Empire. He gained two names because of his actions. The Red Sultan, and Abdul the Damned. I am fairly sure (~95%) that the last one is true. Abdulhamid II was a monster. Cannot say that enough.