They ruled the world 125 years ago, 1888

From left to right: Yohannes IV of Ethiopia, Tewfik Pasha of Egypt, Sultan Abdülhamit II of Turkey, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar of Persia, Christian IX of Denmark, Luís I of Portugal, William III of the Netherlands, Pedro II of Brazil, Milan Obrenović IV of Serbia, Leopold II of Belgium, Alexander III of Russia, Wilhelm I, German Emperor, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Victoria of the United Kingdom, Jules Grévy of France, Pope Leo XIII, Emperor Meiji of Japan, Guangxu Emperor of China, Umberto I of Italy, Alfonso XII of Spain, Oscar II of Sweden and Chester A. Arthur of the United States

By Dr Ghulam Nabi Kazi

They ruled the world 125 years ago, 1888

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