Mehmed V | |||||
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Ottoman Caliph Caliph of Islam Amir al-Mu'minin Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Khan | |||||
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Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah) | |||||
Reign | 27 April 1909 – 3 July 1918 | ||||
Sword girding | 10 May 1909 | ||||
Predecessor | Abdul Hamid II | ||||
Successor | Mehmed VI | ||||
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Born | Old Çırağan Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) | 2 November 1844||||
Died | 3 July 1918 Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | (aged 73)||||
Burial | Tomb of Sultan Mehmed V Reşad, Eyüp, Istanbul | ||||
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Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
Father | Abdulmejid I | ||||
Mother | Gülcemal Kadın (biological mother) Servetseza Kadın (adoptive mother) | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Mehmed V Reşâd (2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He reigned from 27 April 1909 to 3 July 1918. He was born in Istanbul in 1844 and died in 1918 at the age of 73. From 1911-1913 the Italians took Libya and the Balkans had formed a Christian coalition and started a war with the Ottoman Empire. It pushed the Ottomans away back to Anatolia and Egypt. He was involved in World War 1 in the Caucasus Campaign (Russo-Turkish War: 1914-1918) fighting the Russian Empire as well as the Gallipoli Campaign fighting the British Empire and France. He was also involved in the Russian Revolution during The Great War but was not involved in the Armenian genocide by Enver Pasha.
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