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السلطان وحيد الدين ⁦(محمد السادس)⁩

Mehmed VI Vahdeddin — the last Ottoman sultan, in occupied Istanbul issuing the death warrant on Mustafa Kemal while the national resistance grew.

Reign · Ottoman Empire · no. 28 in the chain · 1918–1922 CE

Ruled the caliphate

Events of the reign

Anglo-Turkish War (1918–1923)

Draft card for Anglo-Turkish War (1918–1923); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Abu Tellul

Draft card for the Battle of Abu Tellul in 1918, the Ottoman-German attack on the Australians in the Jordan Valley; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Aqra Dagh (1920)

Draft card for the Battle of Aqra Dagh in 1920, an action of the Iraqi revolt in Kurdistan; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Arara

Draft card for the Battle of Arara in 1918, the Allied breach of the Ottoman line in the Megiddo campaign; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Daraa (1918)

Draft card for Battle of Daraa (1918); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Erzurum (1918)

Draft card for Battle of Erzurum (1918); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Geyve (1920)

Draft card for Battle of Geyve (1920); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Haifa

Draft card for the Battle of Haifa in 1918, the British-Indian cavalry's capture of the city in the Palestine campaign; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Hamdh (1920)

Draft card for the Battle of Hamdh in 1920, an action of the Iraqi revolt of 1920; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Hijla (1918)

Draft card for Battle of Hijla (1918); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub

Draft card for the Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub in 1918, the Australian crossing of the Jordan against the Ottomans; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Karakilisa

Draft card for the Battle of Karakilisa in 1918, the Armenian stand against the Ottoman Caucasus offensive in the war's last months; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Karboğazı (1920)

Draft card for the Battle of Karboğazı in 1920, the Turkish nationalists' ambush of the French in the Taurus; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Marash

Draft card for the Battle of Marash in 1920, the Turkish expulsion of the French occupation in the Franco-Turkish war; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Megiddo

Draft card for the Battle of Megiddo in 1918, the decisive defeat of the Ottoman armies by Allenby in Palestine; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Nablus

Draft card for the Battle of Nablus in 1918, the city's fall in the Megiddo campaign; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Nazareth

Draft card for the Battle of Nazareth in 1918, the British cavalry raid on the Ottoman army HQ in the Palestine campaign; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Samakh

Draft card for the Battle of Samakh in 1918, the Australians' capture of the town from its Ottoman garrison; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Sardarabad

Draft card for the Battle of Sardarabad in 1918, the Armenian stand against the Ottoman army in the Caucasus campaign; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Sharon

Draft card for the Battle of Sharon in 1918, part of Allenby's Megiddo offensive against the Ottomans; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Sharqat

Draft card for the Battle of Sharqat in 1918, the surrender of the last Ottoman army in Mesopotamia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Tafilah (1918)

Draft card for Battle of Tafilah (1918); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Tell 'Asur

Draft card for the Battle of Tell 'Asur in 1918 north of Jerusalem; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Tulkarm

Draft card for the Battle of Tulkarm in 1918, the British capture of the town in the Palestine campaign; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Urfa

Draft card for the Battle of Urfa in 1920, the townspeople's expulsion of the French garrison; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Vorontsovka (1918)

Draft card for Battle of Vorontsovka (1918); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Bursa in the Turkish war of independence

Bursa's silk industry was badly hit in the years of the Turkish war of independence (1337-1341/1919-1922), before a partial recovery under the Turkish Republic's protectionist policy.
Capture of Damascus

Draft card for the capture of Damascus in October 1918, the Arab and Allied entry ending Ottoman rule; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Capture of Damascus

Draft card for the French entry into Damascus in 1920 after Maysalun, ending Faisal's kingdom; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Capture of Erzincan (1918)

Draft card for Capture of Erzincan (1918); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Capture of Trabzon (1918)

Draft card for Capture of Trabzon (1918); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Charge at Kaukab

Draft card for the Charge at Kaukab in 1918 south of Damascus during the Sinai and Palestine campaign; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Defence of Jujar (1920)

Draft card for the Defence of Jujar in 1920, an action of the Iraqi revolt against the British occupation; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
First Battle of Amman

Draft card for the First Battle of Amman in 1918, the Ottoman–Arab repulse of the first British attack; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Franco-Turkish War

Draft card for the Franco-Turkish War of 1918–1921 in Cilicia during the Turkish War of Independence; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
The Greek Occupation of Izmir

The Greek landing at Izmir (1919), enabled by Britain, and Mustafa Kemal's counter-campaign that drove them out and won him the title Ghazi across the Muslim world.
Greek landing at Smyrna

Draft card for the Greek landing at Smyrna in 1919, the occupation that opened the Greco-Turkish War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Greek occupation of Edirne

After the Balkan Wars Edirne fell briefly under Bulgarian occupation in 1913, then was occupied by the Greeks between 1920 and 1922, and has since been a Turkish frontier city.
Kurdish Rebellions during World War I

Draft card for the Kurdish rebellions of 1914–18, their risings against the Ottoman state in the war; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Milli Tribe Rebellion (1920)

Draft card for Milli Tribe Rebellion (1920); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Pontic Uprising

Draft card for Pontic Uprising; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Resistance of Hadjin (1920)

Draft card for the Resistance of Hadjin in 1920, the Armenian townspeople's stand against the Kemalist forces; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Second Battle of Amman

Draft card for the Second Battle of Amman in 1918, the British–Arab capture of Amman from the Ottomans; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Aintab

Draft card for the Siege of Aintab in 1920–1921, the city's stand against the French in the National Struggle; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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