Mehmed Abdulaziz

Mehmed Abdulaziz (26 September 1901 – 19 January 1977) was the 40th head of the Ottoman dynasty from 1973 to 1977. If reigning, he would have been Sultan Abdulaziz II.

Mehmed Abdulaziz
40th Head of the House of Osman
Term19 May 1973 – 19 January 1977
PredecessorOsman Fuad
SuccessorAli Vâsib
Born26 September 1901
Çırağan Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died19 January 1977(1977-01-19) (aged 75)
Nice, France
SpouseBerkemal Hanım
IssueHürrem Sultan
HouseImperial House of Osman
FatherŞehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin
MotherNeşefelek Hanım

Life

Prince Mehmed Abdulaziz was born at Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, and was the grandson of Sultan Abdülaziz by his sixth wife.

He died in Nice and was buried there.

Marriage and issue

He was married in Cairo on 21 February 1929 to Berkemal Yegen Hanım, a descendant of Menliki Ahmad Pasha and Emine Zübeyde (sister of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Wāli of Egypt), and had one daughter, Hürrem Abdulaziz.

Ancestry

See also

Mehmed Abdulaziz
Born: September 26 1901 Died: January 19 1977
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Osman Fuad
 TITULAR 
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
May 19, 1973 – January 19, 1977
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1922
Succeeded by
Ali Vâsib
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