 | Description: Abdul Aziz, 1863 grey stallion, bred in the desert and presented by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Aziz to a member of the retinue of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph upon the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. | |
 | Description: Franz Joseph I with his entourage and Ottoman officials in Constantinople, 1869. Franz Joseph was en route to Egypt for the official opening of the Suez Canal. The stallion Abdul Aziz, called after the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Aziz, was presented on this occ |