Mehmed V

Full name
	Meḥemmed Khan bin Abdulmejid

Mehmed V
Mehmed V
Ottoman Caliph; Caliph of Islam; Amir al-Mu'minin; Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques; Khan
	Photograph by Carl Pietzner, June 1915
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah)
	27 April 1909 – 3 July 1918
	10 May 1909
Predecessor	Abdul Hamid II
Successor	Mehmed VI
Grand Viziers	See list
Born	2 November 1844; Old Çırağan Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire; (present-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	3 July 1918 (aged 73); Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Tomb of Sultan Mehmed V Reşad, Eyüp, Istanbul
Consorts	Kamures Kadın; Dürriaden Kadın; Mihrengiz Kadın; Nazperver Kadın; Dilfirib Kadın;
Issue	Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin; Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin; Şehzade Ömer Hilmi; Refia Sultan;
Full name
Full name
	Meḥemmed Khan bin Abdulmejid
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Abdulmejid I
Mother	Gülcemal Kadın (biological mother); Servetseza Kadın (adoptive mother)
Religion	Sunni Islam
Tughra

Mehmed V Reşâd (2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He reigned from 27 April 1909 to 3 July 1918. He was born in Istanbul in 1844 and died in 1918 at the age of 73. From 1911-1913 the Italians took Libya and the Balkans had formed a Christian coalition and started a war with the Ottoman Empire. It pushed the Ottomans away back to Anatolia and Egypt. He was involved in World War 1 in the Caucasus Campaign (Russo-Turkish War: 1914-1918) fighting the Russian Empire as well as the Gallipoli Campaign fighting the British Empire and France. He was also involved in the Russian Revolution during The Great War but was not involved in the Armenian genocide by Enver Pasha.

Mehmed V Media

Map of the Ottoman territories in Europe in 1910, prior to the Balkan Wars (1912–1913)
Le Petit Journal, Mehmed V is proclaimed Sultan in 1909.
Mehmed V arrives in Selânik (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire, 1909.
Mehmed V arrives in Selânik (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire, 1909.
Portrait of Sultan Mehmed V.
Portrait of Sultan Mehmed V.
Portrait of Sultan Mehmed V in Imperial Ottoman naval uniform.
Portrait of Sultan Mehmed V.
Wilhelm II, Mehmed V, Franz Joseph: The three emperors of the Central Powers in World War I.
Sultan Mehmed V hosting Kaiser Wilhelm II in Constantinople during World War I.