C. List of Ottoman Sultans (1281-1922):

 

C13th & C14th

Osman Ghazi 1281-1320(?)
Orkhan Bey 1324(?)-62, first to take title of Sultan
Murad I 1362-89
Bayezid I ‘Yildirim’ (‘the Thunderbolt’) 1389-1402

C15th

Interregnum 1402-1413
Mehmed I 1413-21
Murad II 1421-44; 1445-51
Mehmed II ‘Fatih’ (‘the Conqueror’) 1444-5; 1451-81
Bayezid II 1481-1512

C16th

Selim I ‘Yavuz’ (‘the Grim’) 1512-1520
Süleyman I ‘the Magnificent’ 1520-66
Murad III 1574-95
Mehmed III 1595-1603

C17th

Ahmed I 1603-17
Mustafa I 1617-1618
Osman II 1618-22
Murad IV 1623-40
Ibrahim I 1640-8
Mehmed IV 1648-87
Süleyman II 1687-91
Ahmed II 1691-5
Mustafa II 1695-1703

C18th

Ahmed III 1703-30
Mahmud I 1730-54
Osman III 1754-7
Mustafa III 1757-74
Abdülhamid I 1774-89
Selim III 1789-1807

C19th

Mustafa IV 1807-8
Mahmud II 1808-39
Abdülmecit 1839-61
Abdülaziz 1861-76
Murad V 1876
Abdülhamid II 1876-1909

C20th

Mehmed V, Reshat 1909-18
Mehmed VI, Vahdettin 1918-22

 

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