At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Identifiers
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Life in time
Overview
Sultan Murad V, son of Abd al-Majid I, born on 25 Rajab 1256 AH (1840 CE). He came to the caliphate on 7 Jumada al-Ula 1293 AH after his uncle Abd al-Aziz was deposed, but his rule lasted only ninety-three days. 1
Character and deposition
Al-Salabi describes him as intelligent and cultured in both Turkish and Western culture, who visited Europe and inclined toward the constitution. He says that he suffered a nervous disorder after the night of his uncle's deposition, and the Shaykh al-Islam declared him deposed by a fatwa in 1876 CE. 1
Afterwards
He recovered after his deposition, and spent the rest of his life in the palace of Cragan until he died at about sixty-four years of age. The year of his death in the data is approximate (around 1904 CE). 1
Connections
- Predecessor of
- Abd al-Hamid II
- Child of
- Abd al-Majid I
- Successor of
- Abd al-Aziz (Ottoman)
People and things also explored
Abd al-Majid I· محمود الثاني· Abd al-Aziz (Ottoman)· Abd al-Hamid II· Deposition of Sultan Abd al-Hamid II· Herzl's Audience with Sultan Abdulhamid II· The Gülhane Rescript (Khatt-i Sharif)· The Khatt-i Humayun (Imperial Rescript)
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 395
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islam.museum contributors. “مراد الخامس”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/murad-v-uthmani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.