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Mehmed VI

1861 - 1926

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Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Ottoman Turkish: محمد سادس Meḥmed-i sâdis or وحيد الدين Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn; Turkish: VI. Mehmed or Vahdeddin/Vahideddin; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba (lit. 'Emperor-father') among the Osmanoğlu family, was the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the penultimate Ottoman caliph, reigning from 4 July 1918 until 1 November 1922, when the Ottoman sultanate was abolished and replaced by the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923. The brother of Mehmed V Reşâd, he became heir to the throne in 1916, after the death of Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, as the eldest male member of the House of Osman. He acceded to the throne after the death of Mehmed V. He was girded with the Sword of Osman on 4 July 1918 as the 36th padishah and 115th Islamic Caliph. Mehmed VI's reign began with the Ottoman Empire suffering defeat by the Allied Powers with the conclusion of World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mehmed VI has received more than 3,578,034 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Mehmed VI is the 227th most popular politician (down from 208th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Politician.

Mehmed VI was the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He was most famous for being the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

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  • 77.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mehmed VI ranks 227 out of 19,576. Before him are Harun al-Rashid, Sonia Gandhi, Leopold II of Belgium, Joseph Goebbels, António de Oliveira Salazar, and Sennacherib. After him are Yuri Andropov, Enver Hoxha, Reinhard Heydrich, Bill Clinton, Alexander III of Russia, and Theodore Roosevelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Mehmed VI ranks 2. Before him is Rabindranath Tagore. After him are Rudolf Steiner, Fridtjof Nansen, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Georges Méliès, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Victor Horta, Erich von Falkenhayn, Georgy Lvov, and Alfred North Whitehead. Among people deceased in 1926, Mehmed VI ranks 4. Before him are Claude Monet, Antoni Gaudí, and Rainer Maria Rilke. After him are Harry Houdini, Emperor Taishō, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Mary Cassatt, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Camillo Golgi, and Sunjong of Korea.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmed VI ranks 41 out of 1,347. Before him are Bayezid I (1354), Mehmed I (1386), Rachel (-3500), Mihrimah Sultan (1522), Heraclius (575), and Helena (250). After him are Epictetus (50), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Suleiman II (1642), Mimar Sinan (1490), Mahmud II (1785), and Ahmed II (1643).

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  • Photo of Bayezid I

    Bayezid I

    POLITICIAN

    1354 - 1403

    HPI: 77.89

    Rank: 35

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    Mehmed I

    POLITICIAN

    1386 - 1421

    HPI: 77.89

    Rank: 36

  • Photo of Rachel

    Rachel

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    3500 BC - 1553 BC

    HPI: 77.85

    Rank: 37

  • Photo of Mihrimah Sultan

    Mihrimah Sultan

    COMPANION

    1522 - 1578

    HPI: 77.84

    Rank: 38

  • Photo of Heraclius

    Heraclius

    POLITICIAN

    575 - 641

    HPI: 77.82

    Rank: 39

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    Helena

    COMPANION

    250 - 330

    HPI: 77.50

    Rank: 40

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    Mehmed VI

    POLITICIAN

    1861 - 1926

    HPI: 77.36

    Rank: 41

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    Epictetus

    PHILOSOPHER

    50 - 135

    HPI: 77.31

    Rank: 42

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    Şehzade Mustafa

    POLITICIAN

    1515 - 1553

    HPI: 77.07

    Rank: 43

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    Suleiman II

    POLITICIAN

    1642 - 1691

    HPI: 77.06

    Rank: 44

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    Mimar Sinan

    ARCHITECT

    1490 - 1588

    HPI: 77.02

    Rank: 45

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    Mahmud II

    POLITICIAN

    1785 - 1839

    HPI: 75.99

    Rank: 46

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    Ahmed II

    POLITICIAN

    1643 - 1695

    HPI: 75.90

    Rank: 47

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mehmed VI ranks 22. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Mehmed IV (1642), Osman II (1604), Bayezid I (1354), Mehmed I (1386), and Heraclius (575). After him are Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Suleiman II (1642), Mahmud II (1785), Ahmed II (1643), Şehzade Bayezid (1525), and Mehmed V (1844).

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