Mehmed V

Mehmed V Resad or Mahommed V, (November 2 1844 – July 3 1918), known as Reshid Effendi or Mehmed Resad was the 39th Ottoman Sultan; for those who believed that the Ottoman sultans took on the Caliphate in 1517, he was also the 99th caliph, or successor, to the prophet Muhammad.

He was the son of Sultan Abdulmecid and Gulcemal Kadin Efandi. He ascended the throne on the 27th of April 1909 and stepped down of 3 of July, 1918 at the age of 73. He lived in the Palace of Yildez in Istanbul. The grave of Sultan Mehmed V Reshat is in the Eyup section of Istanbul. He left two sons: Prince Mehmed Ziyaeddin (1873-1938) and prince Omer Hilmi (1888-1935).

See also: Young Turks.