Caliph Abd al-Majid II
Abdülmecid II — the last Ottoman caliph, who wore Mehmed the Conqueror's turban and Sulayman's sword to the Friday crowds until Mustafa Kemal barred him, halved his stipend and had the caliphate abolished and him exiled in March 1924.
Reign · Ottoman Empire · no. 29 in the chain · 1922–1924 CE
Ruled the caliphate
Events of the reign
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Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate
3 March 1924 — the Grand National Assembly abolished the caliphate without debate and exiled Abdülmecid II the next day, ending the institution Muslims had long read as the emblem of their unity.
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Anglo-Turkish War (1918–1923)
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Bursa in the Turkish war of independence
Bursa's silk industry was badly hit in the years of the Turkish war of independence (1337-1341/1919-1922), before a partial recovery under the Turkish Republic's protectionist policy.
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Greek occupation of Edirne
After the Balkan Wars Edirne fell briefly under Bulgarian occupation in 1913, then was occupied by the Greeks between 1920 and 1922, and has since been a Turkish frontier city.
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Pontic Uprising
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