Abdülmezit II

About the Artist

Abdulmejid II, born in 1868 and died in 1944, was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire. He served as the spiritual leader of the Islamic world during the empire's final period. When the Ottoman Empire dissolved in 1922, he assumed the office of Caliph, but when the caliphate was formally abolished in 1924, he went into exile in France, where he lived out his life. His life spanned the historical turning point of the Ottoman Empire's end and the emergence of modern Turkey, symbolizing traditional authority in the Islamic world. His activities centered mainly on his role as a political and religious leader, and he is remembered mainly as a historical figure rather than for artistic achievement.