Anniversary 13th October 1913

[transam]

Otto Witte (a German ) circus acrobat
Is crowned King of Albania by local Muslim troops after convincing them he was Halim Eddine a nephew of the Ottaman sultan

For 5 days Witte enjoyed a harem and declared war on Montenegro before his caper was discovered

 

[EFLImpudence]

Couldn't you wait?

Fancy making muslims believe something that wasn't true.

 

[Vinty]

Otto Witte (a German ) circus acrobat
Is crowned King of Albania by local Muslim troops after convincing them he was Halim Eddine a nephew of the Ottaman sultan

For 5 days Witte enjoyed a harem and declared war on Montenegro before his caper was discovered

Fair play to him, got his end away and declared war on other countries, enough to make Tony Blair jealous.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Otto Witte

Any relation to noseall?

Nosey's only partially related.

He's a half Witte.



(Sorry, Nausius. Couldn't resist that one )

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Otto Witte (a German ) circus acrobat
Is crowned King of Albania by local Muslim troops after convincing them he was Halim Eddine a nephew of the Ottaman sultan

For 5 days Witte enjoyed a harem and declared war on Montenegro before his caper was discovered

A hero of transam by the look of it.

Most parts of his story were found to be impossible.
There is no local evidence to support his claims.
He may have suffered from pseudologia fantastica; for example, he claimed to have founded a political party. He said he was a candidate for the German presidency in 1925, gaining 25,000 to 230,000 votes in the first round but resigning in favour of Paul von Hindenburg The voting records do not support this either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Witte
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Still too good an opportunity to miss to say something derogatory about Muslims, eh?