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Mehmed VI
Ottoman Period
Preceded by
Mehmed V		Sultan
1918–1922		Succeeded by
Sultanate Abolished
Later: House of
Ottoman
Preceded by
Mehmed V		Caliph
1918–1922		Succeeded by
Abdülmecid II


Mehmed VI, original name Mehmed Vahdettin or Mehmed Vahideddin, (January 14 1861 – May 16 1926) was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1918–1922. 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 Abdülâziz's son Yusuf Izzetin[1], the heir to the throne. He was girded with the Sword of Osman on July 4, 1918, as the thirty-sixth padishah.

World War I had been a disaster for the Ottoman Empire. British forces had occupied Baghdad and Jerusalem during the war and most of the Empire was to be divided among the European allies. At the San Remo conference of April 1920, the French had been given a mandate over Syria and the British had been given one over Palestine and Mesopotamia. On August 10, 1920, Mehmed's representatives signed the Treaty of Sèvres, which recognized the mandates, removed Ottoman control over Anatolia and İzmir, severely reduced the extent of Turkey, and recognized Hejaz as an independent state.

Turkish nationalists were angered by the Sultan's acceptance of the settlement. A new government, the Turkish Grand National Assembly, under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) had been formed on April 23, 1920, in Ankara. The government of Mehmed VI was denounced and a temporary constitution was drafted.

The nationalists' successes meant that the sultanate was abolished on November 1, 1922, and Mehmed left Istanbul, aboard the British warship Malaya on November 17. Bound for exile to Malta, Mehmed later lived in the Italian Riviera.

He died on May 16, 1926 in Sanremo, Italy, and was buried at the mosque of Sultan Selim I in Damascus.[2] On November 19, 1922 his first cousin and heir Abdülmecid Efendi was elected Caliph, becoming the new head of the dynasty as Abdülmecid II. The Caliphate was abolished in 1924.
Pretenders to the Ottoman
throne since 1922
Mehmed VI (1922)
Abdlmecid II (1922-1944)
Ahmed Nihad (1944-1954)
Osman Fuad (1954-1973)
Mehmed Abdulaziz (1973-1977)
Ali Vsib (1977-1983)
Mehmed Orhan (1983-1994)
Ertuğrul Osman (1994-)
See also Ottoman dynasty

Notes

1. ^ Freely, John - Inside the Seraglio, published 1999, Chapter 16: The Year of Three Sultans
2. ^ Freely, John - Inside the Seraglio, published 1999, Chapter 19: The Gathering Place of the Jinns

Further reading

  • Fromkin, David, 1989. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East ISBN 0-8050-0857-8

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Mehmed VI
Born: January 14 1861 Died: May 16 1926
Preceded by
Mehmed V		Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
July 3, 1918 – November 1, 1922		Monarchy abolished
Ottoman Empire dissolved
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by
Mehmed V		Caliph of Islam
July 3, 1918 – November 19, 1922		Succeeded by
Abdülmecid II
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New title— TITULAR —
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
November 1 – November 19, 1922
* Reason for succession failure *
Republic of Turkey declared 		Succeeded by
Abdülmecid II


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Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Rise (1299–1453)Osman I - Orhan I - Murad I - Bayezid I - Mehmed I - Murad II - Mehmed II
Growth (1453–1683)Bayezid II - Selim I - Suleiman I - Selim II - Murad III - Mehmed III - Ahmed I - Mustafa I - Osman II - Murad IV - Ibrahim I - Mehmed IV
Stagnation (1683–1827)Suleiman II - Ahmed II - Mustafa II - Ahmed III - Mahmud I - Osman III - Mustafa III - Abdul Hamid I - Selim III - Mustafa IV - Mahmud II
Decline (1828–1908)Abdlmecid - Abdlziz - Murad V - Abdul Hamid II
Dissolution (1908–1923)Mehmed V - Mehmed VI
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