Abdulmejid II
Abdulmejid II or Abdulmecid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجید ثانی, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i sânî; Turkish: II. Abdülmecid; 29 May 1868 – 23 August 1944) was the last Ottoman caliph, the only caliph of the Republic of Turkey, and head of the Osmanoğlu family from 1926 to 1944. As opposed to previous caliphs, he used the title Halîfe-i Müslimîn (Caliph of the Muslims), instead of Emîrü'l-Mü'minîn (Commander of the Faithful).
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Official portrait of Caliph Abdulmejid II | |||||
| Ottoman caliph (Halîfe-i Müslimîn) | |||||
| Tenure | 19 November 1922 – 3 March 1924 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mehmed VI | ||||
| Successor | Caliphate abolished | ||||
| Head of the Osmanoğlu family | |||||
| Reign | 16 May 1926 – 23 August 1944 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mehmed VI | ||||
| Successor | Ahmed Nihad | ||||
| Born | 29/30 May 1868 Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | 23 August 1944 (aged 76) Paris, France | ||||
| Burial | Al-Baqi', Medina, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Consorts | Şehsuvar Kadın (m. 1896)Hayrünnisa Kadın
(m. 1902; died 1936)Mihrimah Bihruz Kadın
(m. 1912)Atiye Mehisti Kadın (m. 1912) | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Abdulaziz | ||||
| Mother | Hayranidil Kadın | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
He was also a relatively famous artist and a Turkish aesthete, interested in art and the ways to promote it, mainly literature, painting and music, in Turkey. After the abolition of the Ottoman caliphate, he was succeeded for a few months by Hussein bin Ali, who was mostly recognized in the Arab world, but that attempt ended as well.
He died in Paris in 1944 and was buried as a caliph in Medina.