King Nikola I twice visited Sultan Abdulhamid in Istanbul [in 1883 and in 1899] and the Ottoman sultan bestowed on him an Emirgan villa, a yacht, and a race horse with his own words addressed to King Nikola --"You're the only one who leads real and honest politics with me and my kingdom."
Kralj Nikola I. je u dva navrata posjetio sultana Abdulhamida u Istanbulu [1883. i 1899.], a otomanski sultan mu je poklonio vilu u Emirganu, jahtu i trkaćeg konja, uputivši kralju Nikoli sljedeću poruku: "Jedini ste koji vodite stvarnu i iskrenu politiku prema meni i mojem kraljevstvu."