Ottoman sultan

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Islamic ruler head of state imperial title monarch title

The Ottoman sultan was the supreme ruler of the Ottoman Empire, holding both political and religious authority over its vast territories and vassal states.

Aliases (5)

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic ruler → head of state → imperial title → monarch → title →
abolished	1922 →
appliesToJurisdiction	Ottoman Empire →
capital	Bursa → Edirne → Istanbul →
commanded	Janissaries → Ottoman army →
country	Ottoman Empire →
endTime	1922 →
firstHolder	Osman I →
governed	Anatolia → Rumelia → parts of North Africa → parts of the Balkans → parts of the Middle East →
governmentForm	Islamic monarchy → absolute monarchy →
hadAdvisor	Grand Vizier →
hasAuthority	political authority → religious authority →
hasJurisdictionOver	vassal states of the Ottoman Empire →
hasRole	caliph → commander-in-chief → head of government → head of state → protector of Islam → supreme ruler →
inception	1299 →
languageUsed	Arabic → Ottoman Turkish → Persian →
lastHolder	Mehmed VI →
legalSystem	Kanun → Sharia →
legitimizedBy	Islamic law →
memberOf	Ottoman dynasty →
oversaw	Ottoman bureaucracy → imperial harem →
positionHeldIn	Ottoman Empire →
religion	Sunni Islam →
replacedBy	President of Turkey →
residence	Dolmabahçe Palace → Topkapi Palace →
residenceType	palace complex →
seat	Dolmabahçe Palace → Topkapi Palace →
selectionMethod	hereditary succession →
significantFigure	Abdulhamid II → Mehmed II → Osman I → Selim I → Suleiman the Magnificent →
startTime	late 13th century →
style	Caliph of Islam → Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques → Khan of Khans → Padishah → Sultan of Sultans →
symbolizedBy	Ottoman imperial standard → tughra →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bayezid I ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") → Mahmud II ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") → Mehmed VI ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") → Selim I ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") → Suleiman the Magnificent ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") → Sultan Abdülmecid I ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") →	positionHeld
Bey of Tunis ("Ottoman Sultan (nominally)") → Ottoman chancery ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") →	subordinateTo
Mehmed VI ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") → Mehmed VI ("Ottoman Caliph") →	wasLastHolderOfTitle
Janissaries →	allegiance
Topkapi Palace ("Ottoman sultans") →	builtFor
Kiswah ("Ottoman sultans") →	earlierVersionsSponsoredBy
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ("Ottoman sultans") →	expandedBy
Crimean Khanate →	overlord
Ottoman architecture ("Ottoman sultans") →	patronageBy
Giray ("Ottoman sultans") →	recognizedBy
Ottoman Parliament ("Sultan of the Ottoman Empire") →	sharesPowerWith
Danubian Principalities ("Ottoman Sultan") →	sovereign
Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions ("Ottoman sultans") →	supportedBy