Caliph · 1868 to 1944
Abdulmejid II
The last Ottoman caliph. Chosen in 1922 as caliph without political power, he was sent into exile when the office was abolished in 1924 and died in Paris.
At a glance
- Lived
- 1868 to 1944
- Role
- Caliph
- Era
- The end of the caliphate
- Chapter
- 5. The Ottomans
Abdulmejid II's world
1923: The end of the caliphate
The Ottomans entered the First World War on Germany's side and lost. Britain and France divided the Arab lands under the Sykes-Picot agreement and the mandates that followed, and British troops entered Jerusalem in December 1917. In Anatolia, Mustafa Kemal won the war of independence and declared a republic in October 1923.
People of the same era
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