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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Ottoman 38th Division allegiance Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sultan
Mustafa Pasha servedUnder Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultans
devshirme system loyaltyDirectedTo Ottoman sultan
subject surface form: Devshirme system
Husainid dynasty overlord Ottoman sultan
Husayn I ibn Ali maintainedTitleFrom Ottoman sultan
this entity surface form: Ottoman Sultan
Bey al-Balad subordinateTo Ottoman sultan