by Mahmud II, the new sultan and also their half-brother, and placed under house arrest for life, unable to communicate with anybody. Death Abdul Hamid died on 7 April 1789, at the age of sixty-four, in Istanbul. He was buried in Bahcekapi, a tomb he had built for himself. He bred Arabian horses with great passion. One breed of Küheylan Arabians was named "Küheylan Abdülhamid" after him. References Sources External links [aged 64] 1725 births 1789 deaths 18th-century Ottoman sultans Ottoman people of the Ottoman–Persian Wars Turks from the Ottoman Empire People of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Deaths from cerebrovascular disease