Abdulmejid II

Names
	Abdul Mecid bin Abdul Aziz

Abdulmejid II
Abdulmejid II
	Official portrait of Caliph Abdulmejid II
Ottoman caliph; (Halîfe-i Müslimîn)
Tenure	19 November 1922 – 3 March 1924
Predecessor	Mehmed VI
Successor	Caliphate abolished
Head of the Osmanoğlu family
Reign	16 May 1926 – 23 August 1944
Predecessor	Mehmed VI
Successor	Ahmed Nihad
Born	29/30 May 1868; Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	23 August 1944 (aged 76); Paris, France
Burial	Al-Baqi', Medina, Saudi Arabia
Consorts	; Şehsuvar Kadın (m. 1896) ; Hayrünnisa Kadın; (m. 1902; died 1936) ; Mihrimah Bihruz Kadın (m. 1912) ; Atiye Mehisti Kadın (m. 1912)
Issue	Şehzade Ömer Faruk; Dürrüşehvar Sultan;
Names
Names
	Abdul Mecid bin Abdul Aziz
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Abdulaziz
Mother	Hayranidil Kadın
Religion	Sunni Islam

Abdulmejid II or Abdulmecid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجید ثانی, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i sânî; Turkish: II. Abdülmecid;^[5]^[6] 29 May 1868 – 23 August 1944) was the last Ottoman caliph, the only caliph of the Republic of Turkey, and head of the Osmanoğlu family from 1926 to 1944. As opposed to previous caliphs, he used the title Halîfe-i Müslimîn (Caliph of the Muslims), instead of Emîrü'l-Mü'minîn (Commander of the Faithful).^[1]

He was also a relatively famous artist and a Turkish aesthete, interested in art and the ways to promote it, mainly literature, painting and music, in Turkey. After the abolition of the Ottoman caliphate, he was succeeded for a few months by Hussein bin Ali, who was mostly recognized in the Arab world, but that attempt ended as well.

He died in Paris in 1944 and was buried as a caliph in Medina.

^ ^a ^b "Abdülmecid Efendi". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (44+2 vols.) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies. 1988–2016.
^ Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abdümecid II". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 23. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
^ There are sources that give the 29th as the day of his birth.
^ Cite error: The named reference morali was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "II. Abdülmecid kimdir?". www.biyografi.info (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ Keramet., Nigar, Salih (1964). Halife II. Abdülmecid : yurdundan nasıl sürüldü, sonra nerelerde yaşadı, ne zaman ve nerede öldü, ne zaman ve nerede gömüldü. İnkılap ve Aka Kitabevleri. OCLC 984425856.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[tdv1-1] "Abdülmecid Efendi". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (44+2 vols.) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies. 1988–2016.

[EB-2] Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abdümecid II". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 23. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.

[birth-3] There are sources that give the 29th as the day of his birth.

[morali-4] Cite error: The named reference morali was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "II. Abdülmecid kimdir?". www.biyografi.info (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[:0-6] Keramet., Nigar, Salih (1964). Halife II. Abdülmecid : yurdundan nasıl sürüldü, sonra nerelerde yaşadı, ne zaman ve nerede öldü, ne zaman ve nerede gömüldü. İnkılap ve Aka Kitabevleri. OCLC 984425856.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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