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Mehmed VI
Vahideddin
The last sultan of a six-hundred-year dynasty. For four years he sat on a powerless throne in an occupied capital; when the sultanate was abolished on 1 November 1922 he left the country aboard a British warship and never returned.
Open the reign of Mehmed VI on the mapFamily
| Father | Abdulmejid I |
|---|---|
| Mother | Gülüstü Hanım |
| Consorts | Nazikeda Kadın, İnşirah Hanım, Müveddet Hanım, Nevzad Hanım |
| Children | Fenire Sultan, Ulviye Sultan, Sabiha Sultan, Mehmed Ertuğrul |
Major achievements
- Signing of the Armistice of Mudros (1918) and the occupation of Istanbul
- Sent Mustafa Kemal to Anatolia as army inspector (1919)
- Dissolution of the Ottoman parliament (1920)
- Approved the signing of the Treaty of Sèvres
- Formation of the Caliphate Army against the National Movement
Treaties
- Armistice of Mudros (1918)
- Treaty of Sèvres (1920)
Grand viziers
| Name | From | To | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talat Pasha | July 3, 1918 | October 8, 1918 | 97 days |
| Ahmed İzzet Pasha | October 14, 1918 | November 8, 1918 | 25 days |
| Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (term 2) | November 11, 1918 | March 10, 1919 | 119 days |
| Damat Ferit Pasha | March 10, 1919 | October 4, 1919 | 208 days |
| Ali Rıza Pasha | October 4, 1919 | March 2, 1920 | 150 days |
| Salih Hulusi Pasha | March 2, 1920 | April 5, 1920 | 34 days |
| Damat Ferit Pasha (term 2) | April 5, 1920 | October 18, 1920 | 196 days |
| Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (term 3) | October 21, 1920 | November 17, 1922 | 2 years, 27 days |
Battles and treaties
| Year | Event | Result / parties |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Treaty: Armistice of Mudros | Ottoman Empire, Entente Powers |
| 1920 | Treaty: Treaty of Sèvres | Principal Allied Powers, British Empire, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, France, Italy, Japan, Allied Powers, Armenia, Be… |
Full infoboxes are in the site’s “Battles and Treaties” tab; source: English Wikipedia.
Death
He died of a heart attack in exile in San Remo, Italy, in 1926, and was buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus.
Territorial change
The lands that changed hands in this period, and the battles or treaties that brought the changes, can be seen on the map: map of the reign of Mehmed VI.