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Abdulmejid II

1868 - 1944

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Abdülmecid II or Abdulmejid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجید ثانی, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i sânî; Turkish: II. Abdülmecid; 29 May 1868 – 23 August 1944) was the last Ottoman caliph, the only caliph of the Republic of Turkey, and head of the Osmanoğlu family from 1926 to 1944. As opposed to previous caliphs, he used the title Halîfe-i Müslimîn (Caliph of the Muslims), instead of Emîrü'l-Mü'minîn (Commander of the Faithful). He was also a relatively famous artist and a Turkish aesthete, interested in art and the ways to promote it, mainly literature, painting and music, in Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdulmejid II has received more than 1,518,545 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Abdulmejid II is the 547th most popular politician (down from 500th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 80th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Turkish Politician.

Abdulmejid II is most famous for being the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdulmejid II ranks 547 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Pertinax, Franz von Papen, John II of France, Charles the Simple, and Jean-Baptiste Colbert. After him are Emperor Wu of Han, Elena Ceaușescu, George IV of the United Kingdom, Nader Shah, Menes, and Vytautas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Abdulmejid II ranks 5. Before him are Nicholas II of Russia, Maxim Gorky, Fritz Haber, and Miklós Horthy. After him are Karl Landsteiner, Constantine I of Greece, Robert Andrews Millikan, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Emanuel Lasker, and Gichin Funakoshi. Among people deceased in 1944, Abdulmejid II ranks 9. Before him are Piet Mondrian, Erwin Rommel, Wassily Kandinsky, Romain Rolland, Claus von Stauffenberg, and Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom. After him are William James Sidis, Reza Shah, Günther von Kluge, Richard Sorge, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, and Charles Glover Barkla.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Abdulmejid II ranks 81 out of 1,347. Before him are Murad V (1840), Honorius (384), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Constantine VII (905), Ertuğrul (1198), and Theodosius II (401). After him are Piri Reis (1470), Abdülaziz (1830), Hecataeus of Miletus (-550), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Saint Pantaleon (275), and Anacreon (-570).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Abdulmejid II ranks 44. Before him are Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), Honorius (384), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Ertuğrul (1198), and Theodosius II (401). After him are Abdülaziz (1830), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Manuel I Komnenos (1118), Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), and Leo III the Isaurian (675).

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