Mehmed VI
Religious Leader
1861 – 1926
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Who was Mehmed VI?
Mehmed VI was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1918 to 1922. The brother of Mehmed V, he succeeded to the throne as the eldest male member of the House of Osman after the 1916 suicide of Abdülaziz's son Yusuf Izzettin Efendi, the heir to the throne. He was girded with the Sword of Osman on 4 June 1918, as the thirty-sixth padishah. His father was Sultan Abdülmecid I and mother was Gülüstü, a Circassian. Mehmed was removed from the throne when the Ottoman sultanate was abolished in 1922.
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- Born
- Jan 14, 1861
Istanbul - Also known as
- Mehmet VI
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Emine Nazikeda
(1885/06/08 - 1926/05/16) - Nimit Nevzad Kadın Efendi
(1921/09/01 - 1926/05/16) - Nevare Kadın Efendi
(1918/06/20 - 1924) - Seniye Inshira Kadın Efendi
(1905/07/08 - ) - Sadiye Mevedett Kadın Efendi
(1911/04/25 - 1926/05/16)
- Emine Nazikeda
- Children
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Died
- May 16, 1926
Sanremo - Resting place
- Damascus
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on July 23, 2013
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