| Abdülmecid II | |
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| Caliph | |
| Reign | 19 November 1922 - 3 March 1924 (1 year, 105 days) |
| Predecessor | Mehmed VI |
| Spouse | Shehsuvar Bash Kadın Efendi Hayrünissa Kadın Efendi Atiyye Mihisti Kadın Efendi Bihruz Kadın Efendi |
| Issue | |
| Prince Şehzade Omer Faruk Efendi Princess Durru Shehvar |
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| Father | Abdülaziz |
| Mother | Hayranıdil Kadınefendi |
| Born | 29 May 1868 Beşiktaş, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 23 August 1944 (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abdülmecid II, (also with various alternate spellings, including Abdul Mejid, Aakhir Khalifatul Muslimeen Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid, (Abdülmecid, The Caliph of Islam and the servant of Medina and Mecca) Abdul Medjit (Turkish: Abdülmecit; Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجید الثانی Abdülmecid el-Sânî ) (May 29/30, 1868 – 23 August/23 September 1944; reigned 19 November 1922 – 3 March 1924)) was the last Caliph of Islam from the Ottoman Dynasty, nominally the 37th Head of the Ottoman Imperial House from 1922 to 1944.
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On 29 May 1868, he was born at Dolmabahçe Palace or at Beşiktaş Palace, Beşiktaş, in Istanbul (Constantinople),[1] to then Sultan Abdülaziz and his wife Hayranıdil Kadınefendi. He was educated privately.
On 4 July 1918, his first cousin Mehmed VI became Sultan and Abdul Mejid was named Crown Prince. Following the deposition of his cousin on November 1, 1922 the Sultanate was abolished. But on 19 November 1922, the Crown Prince was elected Caliph by the Turkish National Assembly at Ankara. He established himself in Constantinople[2][3] on 24 November 1922.
On 3 March 1924, together with his family, he was deposed and expelled from Turkey.
Abdülmecid was given the title of General in the Ottoman Army, but did not in fact have strong military inclinations, and his more significant role was as Chairman of the Ottoman Artists' Society.
He is considered as one of the most important painters of late period Ottoman art. It is said that his impressive beard was a source of great personal pride.
His paintings of the Harem, showing a modern musical gathering, and of a woman reading Goethe's Faust were displayed at an exhibition of Ottoman paintings in Vienna in 1918. His personal self-portrait can be seen at Istanbul Modern.
Abdülmecid was an avid collector of butterflies, an activity that he occupied himself with during the last 20 years of his life.
On 23 August 1944, Abdul Mejid II died at his house in the Boulevard Suchet, Paris XVIe, France. His death coincided with the Liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation. He was buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
He married firstly at Constantinople, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, on 22/23 December 1896 to HH Shehsuvar Bash Kadın Efendi (Constantinople, 2 May 1881 - Paris, 1945, buried there at Bobigny Cemetery), and had:
He married secondly at Constantinople, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, on 18 June 1902 to HH Hayrünissa Kadın Efendi (Bandırma, 2 March 1876 - Nice, 3 September 1936), without issue
He married thirdly at Constantinople, Üsküdar, Çamlıca Palace, on 16 April 1912 to HH Atiyye Mihisti Kadın Efendi (Adapazarı, 27 January 1892 - London, Middlesex, 1964), sister of Kamil Bey, and had:
He married fourthly in Constantinople, Üsküdar, Çamlıca Palace, on 21 March 1921 to HH Bihruz Kadın Efendi (İzmit, 24 May 1903 - Istanbul, 1955), without issue
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abd%C3%BCl_Mecid_II Abdül Mecid II] at Wikimedia Commons
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Abdülmecid II
Born: 29 May 1868 Died: 23 August 1944 |
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| Preceded by Mehmed VI |
Caliph of Islam November 19, 1922 – March 3, 1924 |
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| Preceded by Mehmed VI |
— TITULAR — Sultan of the Ottoman Empire November 19, 1922 – August 23, 1944 Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1922 |
Succeeded by Ahmed Nihad |
| — TITULAR — Caliph of Islam November 19, 1922 – August 23, 1944 Reason for succession failure: Caliphate abolished in 1924 |
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