Mehmed VI: The Last Sultan

Mehmed Vahdeddin Han bin Abdülmecid

The 36th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and its last monarch. Ascending the throne on July 4, 1918, he reigned until the sultanate was abolished by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on November 1, 1922. He was also the penultimate Caliph of the Ottoman Empire. Following the defeat in World War I, he sought to preserve the empire through cooperation with the Allies, which brought him into conflict with the Turkish National Movement led by Mustafa Kemal, which was gaining strength in Anatolia. While accepting the Treaty of Sèvres, the victory of the Turkish National Movement brought about the dissolution of the empire and the end of the dynasty, forcing him to leave the country aboard a British warship.

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1861	Birth of Mehmed Vahdeddin Han bin Abdülmecid (Period: January 14, 1861 (according to the English Wikipedia). The Turkish "TDV Encyclopedia of Islam" lists it as January 4, 1861, showing discrepancies among sources., Location: Present-day Istanbul, Republic of Turkey (then Constantinople during the Ottoman Empire). His birthplace is said to be Dolmabahçe Palace.)
1885	Marriage (Mehmed Vahideddin Han bin Abdülmecid, Emine Nazikeda Kadın, Age: 24 years old, Period: June 8, 1885, Location: Believed to be Istanbul, but specific wedding venue unconfirmed)
1905	Marriage (Mehmed Vahideddin Han bin Abdülmecid, İncılağ Hanım, Age: 43 years old, Period: 1905, Location: Specific location unconfirmed)
1911	Marriage (Mehmed Vahideddin Han bin Abdülmecid, Müveddet Kadın, Age: 49 years old, Period: 1911, Location: Specific location unconfirmed)
1914	World War I (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions (Gallipoli, Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Sinai, Palestine, Arabia, etc.))
1916	Accession to the Crown Princedom (Mehmed Vahideddin Han bin Abdülmecid, Age: 55 years old, Period: From February 1, 1916 onward, Location: Istanbul, Ottoman Court)
1918	Marriage (Mehmed Vahideddin Han bin Abdülmecid, Nevvare Hanım, Age: 56 years old, Period: 1918, Location: Specific location unconfirmed) Accession as the 36th Ottoman Sultan (Age: 57 years old, Period: July 4, 1918, Location: Topkapi Palace, Istanbul) Acceptance of the Armistice of Mudros (Age: 57 years old, Period: October 30, 1918, Location: Port of Mudros, Lemnos (modern Greece)) Occupation of Istanbul (Age: 57 years old, Period: November 13, 1918 – October 4, 1923 (formal military occupation began March 16, 1920), Location: Ottoman capital Istanbul)
1919	Turkish War of Independence (Age: 58 years old, Period: May 1919 – October 1922, Location: Anatolian Peninsula, Eastern Thrace, İzmir, Ankara, surroundings of Istanbul, etc.) Greco-Turkish War (Age: 58 years old, Period: May 1919 – October 1922, Location: Western Anatolia, İzmir, Aydın, surroundings of the Sakarya River, inland Anatolia, etc.) Landing at İzmir and Greek Occupation (Age: 58 years old, Period: May 15, 1919, Location: İzmir (Smyrna at the time), Western Ottoman Anatolia) Dispatch of Mustafa Kemal to Anatolia (Age: 58 years old, Period: May 19, 1919, Location: Samsun, Northern Anatolia)
1920	Dissolution of the Istanbul Parliament (Age: 59 years old, Period: April 11, 1920, Location: Istanbul) Establishment of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Age: 59 years old, Period: April 23, 1920, Location: Ankara) Signing of the Treaty of Sèvres (Age: 59 years old, Period: August 10, 1920, Location: Sèvres, France)
1921	Marriage (Mehmed Vahideddin Han bin Abdülmecid, Nevzat Hanım, Age: 59 years old, Period: 1921 (married during the ongoing Battle of Sakarya), Location: Believed to be Istanbul, but specific wedding venue unconfirmed)
1922	Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate (Age: 61 years old, Period: November 1, 1922, Location: Ankara, Grand National Assembly of Turkey) Departure from Istanbul on a British Warship (Age: 61 years old, Period: November 17, 1922, Location: From Tophane Port, Istanbul to Malta)
1926	Death of Mehmed Vahdeddin Han bin Abdülmecid (Age: 65 years old, Period: May 16, 1926. Died in exile in Sanremo, Italy, and was buried at the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya in Damascus, Syria, on July 3 of the same year.) Death in Sanremo, Italy (Age: 65 years old, Period: May 16, 1926, Location: Sanremo, Italy)

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Ottoman Empire	Mehmed Han bin Abdülmecid Mehmed Vahdeddin Han bin Abdülmecid İsmail Enver Mehmed Talat Ahmet Cemal Mustafa Kemal Mustafa İsmet Mustafa Fevzi
Palestinian national movement	Amin al-Husayni Musa al-Husayni Raghib al-Nashashibi Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni Chaim Weizmann David Ben-Gurion Zeev Jabotinsky Golda Meir Vladimir Jabotinsky Moshe Sharett

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