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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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