Every sultan of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> had his own <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monogram" title="Monogram">monogram</a>, called the <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tughra" class="mw-redirect" title="Tughra">tughra</a></i>, which served as a royal symbol. A coat of arms in the European heraldic sense was created in the late 19th century. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Court" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Hampton Court">Hampton Court</a> requested from the Ottoman Empire a coat of arms to be included in their collection. As the coat of arms had not been previously used in the Ottoman Empire, it was designed after this request, and the final design was adopted by Sultan <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Hamid II">Abdul Hamid II</a> on 17 April 1882.
Juris Tiltins
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