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 dva puta bio u poseti sultanu Abdulhamidu u Istanbulu (1883. i 1899) i turski sultan mu je poklonio vilu Emirgan, jahtu i rasnog konja, uputivši mu sledeće reči: „Vi ste jedini čija je politika prava i iskrena prema meni i mom carstvu.”