Sultan Abdulmecid and the Granting of Knight of the Garter by Great Britain in Accordance With the Reports of Stratford Canning

Abstract

Knight of the Garter was a good chance for Great Britain to enhance its dominance on Ottoman Sultan. Thus, by honoring Sultan Abdulmecid with the Knight of the Garter in 1856, the highest noble title of Great Britain, the British and Ottoman relationship reached its zenith. The Knight of the Garter was presented by Stratford Canning on behalf of the Queen in Istanbul. That was an extraordinary practice. For the first time, the highest order of the British Empire was given to a Muslim sovereign and also the Caliph of the Muslims.