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Mehmed VI

1861 - 1926

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Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Ottoman Turkish: محمد سادس Meḥmed-i sâdis or وحيد الدين Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn; Turkish: VI. Mehmed or Vahideddin, also spelled as Vahidettin; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba (lit. 'Emperor-father') among the Osmanoğlu family, was the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the penultimate Ottoman caliph, reigning from 4 July 1918 until 1 November 1922, when the Ottoman sultanate was abolished and replaced by the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923. The half-brother of Mehmed V Reşâd, he became heir to the throne in 1916 following the death of Şehzade Yusuf İzzeddin, as the eldest male member of the House of Osman. He acceded to the throne after the death of Mehmed V on 4 July 1918 as the 36th padishah and 115th Islamic Caliph. Mehmed VI's chaotic reign began with Turkey suffering defeat by the Allied Powers with the conclusion of World War I nearing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mehmed VI is the 335th most popular politician (down from 227th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Turkish Politician.

Mehmed VI was the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He was most famous for being the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mehmed VI ranks 335 out of 19,576. Before him are Droupadi Murmu, Şehzade Mustafa, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Numa Pompilius, Cardinal Mazarin, and Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. After him are Oliver Cromwell, Philip II of France, Cleisthenes, Helmut Kohl, Georgy Zhukov, and Philip IV of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Mehmed VI ranks 2. Before him is Rabindranath Tagore. After him are Fridtjof Nansen, Rudolf Steiner, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Georges Méliès, Edith Roosevelt, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Victor Horta, Georgy Lvov, and Erich von Falkenhayn. Among people deceased in 1926, Mehmed VI ranks 4. Before him are Claude Monet, Antoni Gaudí, and Rainer Maria Rilke. After him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Emperor Taishō, Harry Houdini, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Camillo Golgi, and Sunjong of Korea.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmed VI ranks 52 out of 1,347. Before him are Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), John Chrysostom (349), Alp Arslan (1029), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), and Xenophanes (-570). After him are Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Leucippus (-500), Osman II (1604), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), and Croesus (-596).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mehmed VI ranks 28. Before him are Heraclius (575), Mehmed IV (1642), Mehmed I (1386), Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Alp Arslan (1029), and Şehzade Mustafa (1515). After him are Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Osman II (1604), Croesus (-596), Suleiman II (1642), Mahmud II (1785), and Mahidevran (1500).

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