Mehmed VI, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mehmed VI

last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1861

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Date of Death: 16-May-1926

Profession: ruler

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Ottoman Turkish: ???? ??????? Me?med-i sâdis, ???? ?????? Vahideddin, Turkish: Vahideddin or Altinci Mehmet), who is also known as Sahbaba (meaning "Emperor-father") among his relatives, (14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926) was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from July 4, 1918 until November 1, 1922 when the Ottoman Empire dissolved after World War I and became the nation of the Republic of Turkey on October 29, 1923.
The brother of Mehmed V, he became heir to the throne after the 1916 suicide of Abdülaziz's son Sehzade Yusuf Izzeddin as the eldest male member of the House of Osman.
He acceded to the throne after the death of Mehmed V.
He was girded with the Sword of Osman on 4 July 1918, as the thirty-sixth padishah.
His father was Sultan Abdulmejid I and mother was Gülüstü Hanim (1830 – 1865), an ethnic Abkhazian, daughter of Prince Tahir Bey Çaçba and his wife Afise Lakerba, originally named Fatma Çaçba.
Mehmed was removed from the throne when the Ottoman sultanate was abolished in 1922.

Library of Congress

	Native name	Library of Congress
	Location	Washington, D.C., United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53' 19? N, 77° 00' 17? W
	Established	24 April 1800
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	Authority control	: Q131454 VIAF: 151962300 ISNI: 0000 0001 2108 1928 ULAN: 500312782 LCCN: n78089035 NLA: 35304669 WorldCat