Sultan Abdülmecid Khan

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Sultan Abdülmecid Khan was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, best known for initiating the Tanzimat reforms that aimed to modernize and centralize the state in the mid-19th century.

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Sultan Abdülmecid Khan canonical 1
tughra of Abdülmecid I 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century ruler
Muslim
Ottoman sultan
monarch
alliedWith France during the Crimean War
Sardinia-Piedmont during the Crimean War
United Kingdom during the Crimean War
burialPlace Yavuz Selim Mosque
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
countryRuled Ottoman Empire
dateOfBirth 1823-04-25
dateOfDeath 1861-06-25
dynasty House of Osman
linked to: Ottoman dynasty
era Tanzimat era
linked to: Tanzimat
father Mahmud II
foreignPolicyEvent Crimean War
fullName Abdülmecid I
givenName Abdülmecid
honorificTitle Khan
house Ottoman dynasty
introduced Western-inspired educational institutions
Western-style clothing at the Ottoman court
issuedDocument Hatt-ı Hümayun of 1856
Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane
knownFor Tanzimat reforms
centralization of the Ottoman administration
modernization of the Ottoman Empire
language Ottoman Turkish
mother Bezmialem Sultan
notableRelative Abdülhamid II
Murad V
opposedCountry Russian Empire during the Crimean War
ordinalInOffice 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
patronOf Dolmabahçe Palace construction
Ottoman architectural westernization
placeOfBirth Istanbul
Topkapı Palace
linked to: Topkapi Palace
placeOfDeath Dolmabahçe Palace
linked to: Dolmabahce Palace

Istanbul
policy Tanzimat
positionHeld Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman sultan
predecessor Mahmud II
promotedPrinciple equality of Ottoman subjects regardless of religion
reformArea administrative centralization
education
legal system
military conscription
taxation
regnalName Abdülmecid I
reignEnd 1861
reignStart 1839
religion Sunni Islam
styleOfAddress His Imperial Majesty the Sultan
successor Abdülaziz
linked to: Sultan Abdülaziz
title Caliph of Islam

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Sultan Abdülmecid I regnalName Sultan Abdülmecid Khan
Order of the Medjidie designFeature tughra of Abdülmecid I
linked to: Sultan Abdülmecid Khan