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The
Ottoman Sultans
# |
Name |
Rule |
Birth/Death |
Fate |
1 |
Osman
I 'Gazi' |
c.1290-1326 |
1258?-1326
|
d.
natural causes |
2 |
Orhan
Gazi |
1326-62 |
1281?-1362
|
d.
natural causes |
3 |
Murad
I |
1362-89 |
1326-89 |
killed
at Battle of Kosovo |
4 |
Bayezid
I 'the Thunderbolt'[1] |
1389-1402 |
1359-1403 |
taken
captive by Timurid;
d. in prison |
Interregnum
1402-1413 |
5 |
Mehmed
I |
1413-21 |
1380-1421 |
d.
natural causes |
6 |
Murad
II (1) |
1421-44
abd. |
1403-51 |
d.
natural causes |
7 |
Mehmed
II 'the Conqueror' (1) |
1444-46 |
1432-81 |
d.
natural causes |
(6) |
Murad
II (2) |
1446-51 |
v.s. |
v.s. |
(7) |
Mehmed
II (2) |
1451-81 |
v.s. |
v.s. |
8 |
Bayezid
II |
1481-1512
abd. |
1447-1512 |
d.
natural causes |
9 |
Selim
I 'the Terrible' |
1512-20 |
1470-1520 |
d.
natural causes |
10 |
Süleyman
I 'the Magnificent' |
1520-66
|
1495-1566 |
d.
natural causes |
11 |
Selim
II 'the Sot' |
1566-74 |
1524-74 |
d.
natural causes |
12 |
Murad
III |
1574-95 |
1546-95 |
d.
natural causes |
13 |
Mehmed
III |
1595-1603 |
1566-1603 |
d.
natural causes |
14 |
Ahmed
I |
1603-17 |
1590-1617 |
d.
natural causes |
15 |
Mustafa
I (1) |
1617-18
dep. |
1591?-1639 |
d.
natural causes |
16 |
Osman
II 'the Young' |
1618-22
dep. |
1604-22 |
executed |
(15)
|
Mustafa
I (2) |
1622-1623
dep. |
v.s. |
v.s. |
17 |
Murad
IV |
1623-40 |
1612-40 |
d.
natural causes |
18 |
Ibrahim
'the Mad' |
1640-48
dep. |
1615-48 |
executed |
19 |
Mehmed
IV 'the Hunter' |
1648-87
dep. |
1642-93 |
d.
natural causes |
20 |
Süleyman
II |
1687-91 |
1642-91 |
d.
natural causes |
21 |
Ahmed
II |
1691-95 |
1643-95 |
d.
natural causes |
22 |
Mustafa
II |
1695-1703
dep. |
1664-1703 |
d.
natural causes |
23 |
Ahmed
III |
1703-30
dep. |
1673-1736 |
d.
natural causes |
24 |
Mahmud
I |
1730-54 |
1696-1754 |
d.
natural causes |
25 |
Osman
III |
1754-57 |
1699-1757 |
d.
natural causes |
26 |
Mustafa
III |
1757-74 |
1717-74 |
d.
natural causes |
27 |
Abdülhamid
I |
1774-89 |
1725-89 |
d.
natural causes |
28 |
Selim
III |
1789-1807
dep. |
1761-1808 |
murdered |
29 |
Mustafa
IV |
1807-08
dep. |
1799-1808 |
executed |
30 |
Mahmud
II 'the Juridical' |
1808-39 |
1784-1839 |
d.
natural causes |
31 |
Abdülmecid
|
1839-61 |
1823-61 |
d.
natural causes |
32 |
Abdülaziz |
1861-76
dep. |
1830-76 |
committed
suicide |
33 |
Murad
V |
1876
dep. |
1840-1904 |
d.
natural causes |
34 |
Abdülhamid
II |
1876-1909
dep. |
1842-1918 |
d.
natural causes |
35 |
Mehmed
V 'Reșad' |
1909-18 |
1844-1918 |
d.
natural causes |
36 |
Mehmed
VI 'Vahideddin' |
1918-22[2] |
1861-1926 |
d.
natural causes |
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Notes
1. First Ottoman ruler to use the title of 'sultan'.
2. Sultanate abolished 1922.
Sources
Somel, S. A. Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman
Empire. Lanham, Md.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.,
2003. |
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