Great Assassin

English

Proper noun

the Great Assassin

A title sarcastically given on September 24, 1896, by Gladstone to sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, in reference to the massacres of Ottoman Armenians.[1]

Translations

Translations

Danish: morderen på tronen c
Norwegian: morderen på tronen m
Swedish: mördaren på tronen (sv)

References

Michael Partridge, Gladstone (2003), →ISBN, p. 235.

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