{{Ottoman Succession box |Sultan_Name=Abdülhamid I|image_portrait=Abdulhamid I.jpg|Military=Stagnation of the Ottoman Empire |title=[[Ottoman Sultan]] |title2=[[Ottoman Caliphate|Caliph]] |before=[[Mustafa III]]|after=[[Selim III]]|years=1774–89}}
'''Abdülhamid I''' ([[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]]: عبد الحميد اول ''`Abdü’l-Ḥamīd-i evvel'') ([[March 20]], [[1725]] – [[April 7]], [[1789]]), was the 27th [[Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. He was the son of sultan [[Ahmed III]] (1703–30) and succeeded his brother [[Mustafa III]] (1757–74) on [[January 21]], [[1774]].

== Imprisonment ==

Abdülhamid was imprisoned for most of the first forty-three years of his life by his cousins [[Mahmud I]] and [[Osman III]] and his older brother Mustafa III, as was custom. He received his early education from his mother Rabia Semi Sultana, from whom he studied history and learned [[calligraphy]].

His imprisonment made him aloof in regard to state affairs and malleable to the designs of his advisors. Yet he was also very religious and a [[pacifism|pacifist]] by nature. At his accession the financial straits of the treasury were such that the usual donative could not be given to the [[Janissary|janissaries]]. War was, however, forced on him and less than a year after his accession the complete defeat of the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] at [[Battle of Kozluja]] led to the [[treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji]] on [[July 21]] [[1774]].

== Other ==

[[Image:Jean-Jecques-Frances Le Barbier c1780 scanned Constantinopole (1996)-Procession of the sultan to the Sultanahmed mosque.png|thumb|180px|left|Coronation]]
In spite of his failures, Abdülhamid was regarded as the most gracious Sultan of the Ottomans. He administrated the [[fire brigade]] during the fire in 1782. In Istanbul, he won the admiration of his people as he was so religious that he was called a "Veli" (saint). He also traced a reform policy, followed the governmental administrations closely and worked with statesmen. When Abdülhamid came to the throne the army asked for gratuities and the sultan claimed that: "There are, no longer, gratuities in our treasury, all of our soldier sons should learn". He also began the restoration of the military system. He is credited with better education standards. He tried to renovate the Janissary corps and the naval forces. He established a new artillery troop. He made a census in the Janissary corps.

Slight successes against rebellious outbreaks in [[Syria]] and the [[Morea]] could not compensate for the loss of the [[Crimea]] which Russia greatly coveted. War was once more declared against Russia in [[1787]] and in the following year Russians were joined by [[Austria]]. The Swedes and Prussians joined the conflict on the side of the Ottomans, but provided no assistance. While the Ottomans held their own in the conflict -- and even "won" the [[Battle of Karánsebes]] without firing a single shot -- they ultimately lost with [[Ochakov]] falling in [[1788]] to the Russians (all of its inhabitants being massacred.)

Abdülhamid died four months later at the age of sixty-four. He was buried in Bahcekapi, a tomb he had built for himself.

==Family==
His wives were: [[Ayse Sine-perver]] ''[[haseki sultan]]'', Hatice Ruh-shah, Huma Shah, Ayse, Binnaz, Dilpezir, Mehtabe, Misl-i Na-yab, Mu'teber, Nevres, Mihriban

His sons were: [[Mustafa IV]] (1807–08) (his son by [[Ayse Sine-perver]]), [[Mahmud II]] (1808–39), Murad, Nusret, Mehmed, Ahmed, and Suleyman.

His daughters were: [[Princess Esma]], Emine, Rabia, Saliha, Alimsah, Durusehvar, Fatma, Meliksah, Hibetullah and Zekiye Sultans

==References==
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