Sultan Abdülmecid I

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Ottoman sultan human monarch

Sultan Abdülmecid I was the 19th-century Ottoman sultan known for initiating major Tanzimat reforms to modernize the empire and for aligning with Britain and France during the Crimean War.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ottoman sultan → human → monarch →
ally	Second French Empire → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
birthDate	1823-04-25 →
birthPlace	Istanbul → Topkapı Palace →
burialPlace	Yahya Efendi Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
commissioned	Dolmabahçe Palace → Kuleli Military High School building → Ortaköy Mosque →
conflict	Crimean War →
country	Ottoman Empire →
deathDate	1861-06-25 →
deathPlace	Istanbul →
dynasty	House of Osman →
era	Tanzimat era →
father	Mahmud II →
fullName	Abdülmecid I →
implemented	creation of modern ministries in the Ottoman Empire → reorganization of provincial administration →
issued	Hatt-ı Hümayun of 1856 → Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane →
knownFor	patronage of arts and architecture → supporting Western-style reforms →
languageSpoken	Ottoman Turkish →
mother	Bezmialem Sultan →
notableFor	Crimean War alliance with Britain and France → Tanzimat reforms → modernization of the Ottoman Empire →
opponent	Russian Empire →
policy	centralization of administration → legal equality for non-Muslim subjects → modernization of education → reform of military conscription → reform of taxation →
positionHeld	Sultan of the Ottoman Empire →
predecessor	Mahmud II →
regnalName	Sultan Abdülmecid Khan →
reignEnd	1861 →
reignStart	1839 →
religion	Sunni Islam →
residence	Dolmabahçe Palace →
sibling	Abdülaziz →
signed	Treaty of Paris (1856) →
successor	Abdülaziz →
title	Caliph of Islam →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dolmabahce Palace →	builtFor
Mehmed VI ("Sultan Abdulmejid I") →	father
Sultan Abdülmecid I ("Abdülmecid I") →	fullName
Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem ("Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I") →	grantedBy
Ottoman lira ("Abdülmecid I") →	introducedDuringReignOf
Crimean War →	involvedPerson
Tanzimat →	promulgatedBy