Portrait of my Great Great-Grandfather, Emperor Abdulmejid. The picture was taken in the Pera quarter, in Istanbul.

EMPEROR ABDULMEJID'S TUGRA

The tugra stood for the sultans’ personal monogram used instead of signatures. They were either a calligraphic artwork or an engraving on a wooden stamp. Within Abdulmejid’s flowered monogram the words “Sultan Abdulmejid Khan the son of Mahmud Khan shall always be victorious” were written.

MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER,

HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS PRINCE MEHMED BURHANEDDIN ( 1849 - 1876 )