Murad V
Sultan
Mehmed Murad V (
September 21,
1840 -
August 29,
1904) was the
sultan of the
Ottoman Empire who reigned from
May 30,
1876 to
August 31 of the same year.
Son of
Sultan Abdul Mejid, he was placed in power after his uncle Sultan
Abdul Aziz was deposed. He was highly influenced by French culture. He reigned for 93 days before also being deposed, due to mental illness, and succeeded by his brother Sultan
Abdul Hamid II. He failed to deliver the Constitution that his supporters had sought, and under his reign the country moved closer to the disastrous
Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78 against
Alexander II of Russia.
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