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List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire

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This is a complete list of Sultans (Emperors) of the Ottoman Empire consisting of the thirty six heads of state in the country's history from its foundation in 1299 until dissolution in 1922. For a list of leaders of the successor Republic of Turkey, see the President of Turkey.

Sultans of the Ottoman Empire (1299-1922)

Ottoman Dynasty

Name: Picture Born-Died Reign start Reign end
Osman I (Bey) 1258 – 1326 1299 1326
Orhan I (Bey) 1284 – 1359 1326 1359
Murad I (the God-like One) 1326 - 1389 Bey from 1359, Sultan from 1383 28 June 1389
Bayezid I (the Thunderbolt) 1354 - 1403 28 June 1389 20 July 1402
Interregnum 1402 1413
Mehmed I (Celebi) 1389 - 1421 1413 26 May 1421
Murad II (first reign) 1404 - 1451 26 May 1421 August 1444 (abdicated)
Mehmed II (the Conqueror) (first reign) 1432 - 1481 August 1444 1446
Murad II (second reign) 1404 - 1451 1446 3 February 1451
Mehmed II (the Conqueror) (second reign) 1432 - 1481 3 February 1451 3 May 1481
Bayezid II 1447/1448 - 1512 20 May 1481 25 April 1512 (abdicated)
Selim I (the Grim) 1465 - 1520 25 April 1512 (Caliph from 1517) 22 September 1520
Suleyman I (the Magnificent) 1494 - 1566 22 September 1520 6 September 1566
Selim II (the Sot) 1524 - 1574 6 September 1566 12 December 1574
Murad III 1546 - 1595 12 December 1574 15 January 1595
Mehmed III 1566 - 1603 15 January 1595 22 December 1603
Ahmed I 1590 - 1617 22 December 1603 22 November 1617
Mustafa I (first reign) 1592 - 1639 22 November 1617 26 February 1618 (deposed)
Osman II (the Young) 1604 - 1622 26 February 1618 20 May 1622
Mustafa I (second reign) 1592 - 1639 20 May 1622 10 September 1623 (deposed)
Murad IV 1612 - 1640 10 September 1623 9 February 1640
Ibrahim I (the Mad) 1615 - 1648 9 February 1640 8 August 1648 (deposed)
Mehmed IV (the Hunter) 1642 - 1693 8 August 1648 8 November 1687 (deposed)
Suleyman II 1642 - 1691 8 November 1687 23 June 1691
Ahmed II 1643 - 1695 23 June 1691 6 February 1695
Mustafa II 1664 - 1703 6 February 1695 22 August 1703 (abdicated)
Ahmed III 1673 - 1736 22 August 1703 1 October 1730 (abdicated)
Mahmud I 1696 - 1754 2 October 1730 13 December 1754
Osman III 1699 - 1757 14 December 1754 30 October 1757
Mustafa III 1717 - 1774 30 October 1757 21 January 1774
Abdul Hamid I 1725 - 1789 21 January 1774 7 April 1789
Selim III 1761 - 1808 7 April 1789 29 May 1807 (deposed)
Mustafa IV 1779 - 1808 29 May 1807 28 July 1808 (deposed)
Mahmud II (Adli) 1785 - 1839 28 July 1808 1 July 1839
Abdülmecid I 1823 - 1861 1 July 1839 25 June 1861
Abdülaziz 1830 - 1876 25 June 1861 30 May 1876 (deposed)
Murad V 1840 - 1904 30 May 1876 31 August 1876 (deposed)
Abdul Hamid II File:Abdulhamid II.jpg 1842 - 1918 31 August 1876 27 April 1909 (deposed)
Mehmed V (Reşad) 1844 - 1918 27 April 1909 3 July 1918
Mehmed VI (Vahideddin) 1861 - 1926 3 July 1918 1 November 1922 (deposed)

Pretenders to the Ottoman throne since 1922

Note: Although Abdulmecid II was chosen as caliph on 19 November 1922, he was no longer Sultan, as the Grand National Assembly had abolished the sultanate to turn Turkey into a republic. The caliphate was abolished in turn on 3 March 1924.

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