Ottoman sultan

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

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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
surface form: Ottoman army
country Ottoman Empire
endTime 1922
firstHolder Osman I
governed Anatolia
Rumelia Eyalet
surface form: 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 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
surface form: President of Turkey
residence Dolmabahce Palace
surface form: Dolmabahçe Palace

Topkapi Palace
residenceType palace complex
seat Dolmabahce Palace
surface form: Dolmabahçe Palace

Topkapi Palace
selectionMethod hereditary succession
significantFigure Sultan Abdul Hamid II
surface form: 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
surface form: Sultan of Sultans
symbolizedBy Ottoman coat of arms
surface form: Ottoman imperial standard

Ottoman coat of arms
surface form: tughra

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Treaty of Zsitvatorok recognizedAsEqualRank Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sultan
Chamber of Deputies canBeDissolvedBy Ottoman sultan
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire)
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Nazikeda Kadın spouseOfTitle Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Syria underRuleOf Ottoman sultan
Selim II positionHeld Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Murad III positionHeld Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Orhan Gazi title Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Bey of the Ottomans
Orhan Gazi title Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottomans (in later historiography)
Mustafa III title Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottomans
Mehmed I positionHeld Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mehmed I style Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Padishah of the Ottoman Empire
Wāli of Sudan underAuthorityOf Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sultan
Pasha grantedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sultan
First Courtyard usedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Imperial Harem usedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Gate of Salutation associatedWith Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Privy Chamber usedBy Ottoman sultan
subject surface form: Privy Chamber (Topkapi Palace)
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Palace kitchens serves Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Second Courtyard usedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Imperial Council Chamber usedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Gate of Felicity associatedWith Ottoman sultan
Third Courtyard usedBy Ottoman sultan
Fourth Courtyard associatedWith Ottoman sultan
Murad II positionHeld Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mabeyn-i Hümayun usedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Ceremonial Hall usedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Bayezid II positionHeld Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman governors of the Morea appointedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Sultan Abdülmecid Khan positionHeld Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Selamlık usedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Sultan Mustafa II positionHeld Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) subordinateTo Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sultan (de jure)
Ottoman law developedUnder Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Constantinople (probable) governedBy Ottoman sultan
subject surface form: Constantinople
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Ottoman flag associatedWith Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Ottoman calligraphers employer Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Grand Vizier subordinateTo Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Grand Vizier appointedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Hilal Nişanı presentedBy Ottoman sultan
Ottoman military decorations foundedBy Ottoman sultan
subject surface form: Order of the Crescent
Order of Osmanieh awardingBody Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate appointedBy Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mount Lebanon Emirate overlord Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sultan
Serasker reportsTo Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Sanjak of Eğriboz sovereign Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Barbary States underSuzeraintyOf Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sultan
Ottoman miniature painting producedFor Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
Ottoman Iraq controlledBy Ottoman sultan
sanjakbey appointedBy Ottoman sultan