Murad V

Murad V
Ottoman Caliph
Amir al-Mu'minin
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Walī al-ʿAhd Shahzâdeh Murâd ʾEfendī, c. 1869 (photograph: Abdullah Frères)[a]
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Padishah)
Reign30 May 1876 – 31 August 1876
PredecessorAbdulaziz
SuccessorAbdul Hamid II
Grand vizierMehmed Rushdi Pasha
Born(1840-09-21)21 September 1840
Çırağan Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died29 August 1904(1904-08-29) (aged 63)
Çırağan Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial30 August 1904
Consorts
Issue
Names
Ottoman Turkish: مراد بن عبدالمجید
DynastyOttoman
FatherAbdulmejid I
MotherŞevkefza Sultan
TughraMurad V's signature

Murad V (Ottoman Turkish: مراد خامس, romanizedMurâd-ı ḫâmis; Turkish: V. Murad; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the conversion of the government to a constitutional monarchy. His uncle Abdulaziz had succeeded Abdulmejid to the throne and had attempted to name his own son as heir to the throne, which spurred Murad to participate in Abdulaziz's overthrow. But his own frail physical and mental health made his reign unstable, and Murad V was deposed in favor of his half-brother Abdul Hamid II after only 93 days.
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