السلطان محمد رشاد (الخامس)
السلطان محمد رشاد (الخامس)
Mehmed V Reshad — sultan and caliph after Abdülhamid's deposition but a figurehead as real power passed to the Committee of Union and Progress, whose Turkification policies kindled the countervailing Arab nationalist movement 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Sultan Muhammad Rashad, who took the sultanate and the caliphate after his brother Abd al-Hamid II was deposed, but the real power lay in the hands of the Committee of Union and Progress. 2
His nominal rule
Al-Salabi describes him as having no real power at all, since power had passed to the Committee. The Ottoman government became Turkish in its content and nationalist in its solidarity, after it had been Ottoman in content and Islamic in its bond. 2
Turkification and the Arab response
The Committee followed a policy of Turkification, influenced by Turanian nationalist ideas, and made Turkish the only official language. In response, the call for Arab nationalism was kindled. 2
Notes for researchers
- The entry is based on al-Salabi's summary, and we have not yet gone back to the Turkish sources on the rule and appointments in his time.
Connections
- Successor of
- عبد الحميد الثاني
- Predecessor of
- السلطان وحيد الدين (محمد السادس)
People and things also explored
خلع السلطان عبد الحميد الثاني· مقابلة هرتزل للسلطان عبد الحميد· عبد المجيد الأول· مراد الخامس· Payitaht: Abdülhamid· عبد الحميد الثاني· السلطان وحيد الدين (محمد السادس)
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p. 465
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p.465
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “السلطان محمد رشاد (الخامس)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-v-rashad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.