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Hamidian, a.|hæˈmɪdɪən| [f. the name of Abdul Hamid II + -ian.] Pertaining to or resembling the rule of Abdul Hamid, Sultan of Turkey from 1876 to 1909. Hence Haˈmidianism.
1908Westm. Gaz. 1 Aug. 2/3 Thirty years of wandering in the Hamidian wilderness. 1908Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 4/4 The Hamidian rule. Ibid. 18 Dec. 4/4 A reversion to Hamidianism. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Dec. 1047/3 His spy-system appears to have been Hamidian in its extent and efficiency. |