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The Night of the Foot and the Turkish Coup
An ambassador recounts a late night in Constantinople during Abdul Aziz's deposition. A dead sultan with a severed foot is discovered, a Georgian slave plot is revealed, and Mehemed Rushdi exposes a palace secret. The narrator uses this knowledge to influence European diplomacy and the Berlin treaty aftermath.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Russia
England
France
Republic
Prussia
Lord Beacons
Bismarck
Peru
Golden Horn
Urs
Dolmabacheh Palace
Black Sea
Abdul-Aziz Khan
Sultanate
Abdul-Aziz
Seraskierate
Mehemed Rushdi Pasha
Mehemed
Murad Effendi
Dolmabacheh
Bosphorus
Suleiman Bey
Rushdi
Pasha
Mussulman
Bagdad
Harun the Just
Dekapoulous
Zara
AbdulAzis
Murad
Merad
Sualtana
Abdul Aziz
Lud Beaconsfield
Berlin
Baron
U. S
Great Britain