Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin
Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi was an Ottoman prince, the only surviving son of Sultan Murad V, and his second consort Reftarıdil Kadın.
Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, aged forty eight, Şehbal, 28 May 1909
Ali Suavi, an Ottoman political activist, journalist, educator, theologian and reformer, involved in the incident
Çırağan Palace, where Selaheddin and his family were confined by Sultan Abdul Hamid for twenty-eight years until Murad's death in 1904
Selaheddin flanked by his sons Şehzade Ahmed Nihad (left) and Şehzade Osman Fuad (right) in 1906
Murad V was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the conversion of the government to a constitutional monarchy. His uncle Abdulaziz had succeeded Abdulmejid to the throne and had attempted to name his own son as heir to the throne, which spurred Murad to participate in Abdulaziz's overthrow. But his own frail physical and mental health made his reign unstable, and Murad V was deposed in favor of his half-brother Abdul Hamid II after only 93 days.
Drawing of Murad V, 1876.
Photograph taken during Murad's visit to London
Ali Suavi, an Ottoman political activist, journalist, educator, theologian and reformer, involved in the incident
Çırağan Palace, where Murad and his family were confined by Sultan Abdul Hamid for twenty-eight years until Murad's death in 1904
