Murad V

Murad V
Caliph of Islam Ottoman Sultan
Reign	1876
Period	Decline of the Ottoman Empire
Full Name	Murad V
Born	(1840-09-21)21 September 1840
Died	29 August 1904(1904-08-29) (aged 63)
Predecessor	Abdülaziz
Successor	Abdülhamid II
Consort	Eleru Mevhibe Kadın Efendi Reftaridil Kadın Efendi Sahcan Kadın Efendi Meyliservet Haseki Kadın Efendi Rezan Haseki Kadın Efendi Cenaniyar Kadın Efendi Filizten Kadın Efendi Gevheri Kadın Efendi Teranidil Kadın Efendi
Offspring	Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi Şehzade Suleiman Efendi Hatice Sultan Şehzade Seyfeddin Efendi Fehime Sultan Fatma Sultan Aliye Sultan
Royal House	House of Osman
Dynasty	Ottoman Dynasty
Father	Abdülmecid I
Valide Sultan	Şevkefza Sultan

Murad V (Ottoman Turkish: مراد خامس) (21/22 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876.

He was born at Constantinople,^[1] Topkapı Palace. His father was Abdülmecid I. His mother, whom his father married in Constantinople on 1 August 1839, was Valide Sultan Shevkefza, (Poti, Colchis Greek descent 12 December 1820 - Constantinople, Ortaköy, Çırağan Palace, 17 September 1889), originally named Vilma. He was born at Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople.

Reign

Murad became the Sultan when his uncle Abdülaziz was deposed. He was highly influenced by French culture. He reigned for 93 days before being deposed on the grounds that he was supposedly mentally ill; however his opponents may simply have used those grounds to stop his implementation of democratic reforms.^[2] As a result, he was unable to deliver the Constitution that his supporters had sought. The ensuing political instability caused by his ousting moved the empire closer to the disastrous war with Russia, then ruled by Alexander II.

He died at Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople, and was buried in Constantinople on 30 August 1904. His brother, Abdul Hamid II, ascended the throne on 31 August 1876.

Marriages and children

He married firstly at Istanbul, Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş Palace, on 2 January 1857 to Georgian Eleru Mevhibe Kadın Efendi (Tbilisi, 6 August 1835 – Chichli, 21 February 1936), and had one child.^[3]

He married secondly at Istanbul, Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş Palace, on 4 February 1859 to Azerbaijani Reftaridil Kadın Efendi (Ganja, 5 June 1838 – Istanbul, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, 3 March 1936), and had one child.^[4]

He married thirdly at Istanbul, Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş Palace, on 5 February 1869 to Caucasian Sahcan Kadın Efendi (Hopa, Caucasus, 4 January 1853 – Ortaköy 15 March 1945), and had two children.^[5]

He married fourthly at Istanbul, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, on 8 June 1874 to Georgian Meyliservet Haseki Kadın Efendi (Batumi, 21 October 1854 – Constantinople, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, 9 December 1903), and had one child, HIH Princess Fehime Sultan.^{[citation needed]}

He married fifthly at Istanbul, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, on 2 November 1877 to Georgian Rezan Haseki Kadın Efendi (Artvin, 28 March 1860 – Istanbul, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, 31 March 1910), and had two children.^{[citation needed]}

He also married Cenaniyar Kadın Efendi, Jahvar-riz Kadin Efendi (1862–1940), Filizten Kadın Efendi (1865–1945), Gevheri Kadın Efendi and Teranidil Kadın Efendi, a sister of his second wife Reftaridil Kadın Efendi, without children.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

•  "Murad V.". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.