I will soon settle these Armenians

Date 1890

Credit Sultan Abdul Hamid II, 1890, to German traveler and writer Arminius Vambery

Type

  • Pull Quote

Chapter

  • A Crumbling Empire

“I will soon settle these Armenians. I will give them a box on the ear which will make them smart and relinquish their revolutionary ambitions.”

The Sultan was true to his word.