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Mehmed V Reşâd (Ottoman Turkish: محمد خامس, romanized: Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; Turkish: V. Mehmed or Mehmed Reşad; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the penultimate sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. Mehmed V reigned as a constitutional monarch.
According to later, often unreliable Ottoman tradition, Osman was a descendant of the Kayı tribe of the Oghuz Turks. [2] The eponymous Ottoman dynasty he founded endured for six centuries through the reigns of 36 sultans. The Ottoman Empire disappeared as a result of the defeat of the Central Powers, with whom it had allied itself during World ...
After the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, Mehmed set his sights on other campaigns. In Anatolia, the Greek Empire of Trebizond was still resisting the Ottomans, and to the East the White Sheep Turkomans of Uzun Hasan, together with other smaller states, threatened the Ottomans.
Mehmed took many steps to legitimize his rule as Roman emperor. The Ottoman capital was moved to Constantinople due to its imperial history and strategic location [28] and the city was repopulated and thrived under Mehmed and his successors. [28] Many Greek aristocrats were promoted to elite government positions, [29] including that of grand ...
Mehmed V (1844–1918; 35th Sultan and 28th Ottoman Caliph: 1909–1918) Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin (1849–1876) [50] Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik (1874–1931) [50] Bayezid Osman (1924–2017; 44th Head of the House of Osman: 2009–2017) [49] Mehmed VI Vahideddin (1861–1926; 36th and last Sultan and 29th Ottoman Caliph: 1918–1922; 36th Head ...
Original document in Ottoman Turkish. On 11 November 1914, [a] Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V proclaimed holy war against the Entente powers and appealed for support from Muslims in Entente-controlled countries.
In July 1918, at which time the empire was close to total defeat, Mehmed V died and was succeeded by his brother, Mehmed VI. [36] Three months later in October 1918, the Ottoman government resigned and a new government started the process that led to the formal Ottoman surrender in the Armistice of Mudros (30 October 1918). [ 35 ]
The Ottoman Empire joined the war on the side of the Central Powers under the leadership of the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed V. In an attempt to weaken the Ottomans, the Allies provoked an Arab Revolt within the empire led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali of Mecca. Sharif Hussein, supported by British and French agents, occupied Mecca and later besieged Medina.