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Death of Abdülmecid I
- When
- 25 June 1861
- Where
- Istanbul
Abdülmecid I died of tuberculosis in Istanbul on 25 June 1861, ending his reign as the 31st Ottoman sultan.
The sultan died at the age of 38 from tuberculosis, a disease that also affected his father. He was buried in the Yavuz Selim Mosque in Istanbul. His death occurred after a reign marked by the Tanzimat reforms, foreign loans, and conflicts in the Balkans.
Sources
- Abdülmecid I Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-26
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