Abdulmejid II, Caliph · Last caliph

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Abdulmejid IIعبد المجيد الثاني

Istanbul

The last Ottoman caliph, holding the title without the throne, until the caliphate was abolished in 1924.

When the sultanate ended, the Turkish assembly chose him as caliph only. On 3 March 1924 it abolished the caliphate and expelled the family. A painter and scholar, he died in Paris in 1944.

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An office that lasted thirteen centuries ended with a vote.

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Mehmed VI

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