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Also Known As Mehmed Reşad
Born November 2, 1844 • Turkey
Died July 3, 1918 (aged 73) • Istanbul • Turkey
Title / Office sultan (1909-1918), Ottoman Empire
Notable Family Members brother Abdülhamid II
Role In Second Balkan War • World War I

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Man wearing a tarboosh, portrait of Mehmed V, oil painting by an unknown artist, c. 1918; in the Topkapı Museum, Istanbul
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