Ruler · 1840 – 1904

Murad V

Lived 1840 – 1904; ruler. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Empire), 1876.

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Lived: 1840 – 1904; 64 years
Lines: 1; Ottoman Empire
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire · the 36th of 39 dated reigns · 1299 – 1922

32 before

Mahmud II1808 – 1839

Abdülmecid I1839 – 1861

Abdulaziz1861 – 1876

Murad V1876

Abdul Hamid II1876 – 1909

Mehmed V1909 – 1918

Mehmed VI1918 – 1922

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1876 · under a year · came to it aged 36

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

But his own frail physical and mental health made his reign unstable, and Murad V was deposed in favor of his half-brother Abdul Hamid II after only 93 days.

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