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Yıldız Sarayı Photograph Collection is one of the most extensive and comprehensive visual archives of the Ottoman Empire, established during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II (1876–1909). The collection emerged as photography began to be systematically employed in the late 19th century as a documentary, promotional, and propagandistic tool. Formation Process Photography, invented in 1839, quickly gained popularity within the Ottoman Empire. With the interest of Sultan Abdülhamid II, photography