Ottoman dynasty

The Ottoman dynasty () (or the Imperial House of Osman) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922. The dynasty began in northwestern Anatolia with the Oghuz Turk chieftain Osman I, but it was not recognized until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. The dynasty might have been known as Söğüt before 1383, but it was later renamed Osmanlı (Ottoman in English) in honor of Osman I.

The sultan was the sole ruler of the empire. Actual power often shifted to officials, such as the Grand Vizier, an office that eventually became Prime Minister and head of Parliament.

Heads of the House of Osman
Pre-Imperial Heads of the House of Osman
 Name Born-Died Reign start Reign end RelationshipSüleyman Shah (Bey)  1168 - 1227  1212  1227  Son of Kaya AlpErtugrul (Bey)  1198 - 1281  1227  1281  Son of Suleyman Shah

Imperial heads of the House of Osman (1281-1922)
 Name Born-Died Reign start Reign end RelationshipOsman I (Bey)  1258 – 1326  1281  1326  Son of Ertugrul Orhan I (Bey)  1284 – 1359  1326  1359  Son of Osman IMurad I (the God-like One)  1326 - 1389  Bey from 1359, Sultan from 1383  28 June 1389  Son of Orhan IBayezid I (the Thunderbolt)  1354 - 1403  28 June 1389  20 July 1402  Son of Murat IOttoman Interregnum   1402  1413Mehmed I (Celebi)  1389 - 1421  1413  26 May 1421  Son of Bayezid IMurad II (first reign)  1404 - 1451  26 May 1421  August 1444 (abdicated)  Son of Mehmed I  Mehmed II (the Conqueror) (first reign)  1432 - 1481  August 1444  1446  Son of Murad IIMurad II (second reign)  1404 - 1451  1446  3 February 1451  Son of Mehmed IMehmed II (the Conqueror) (second reign)  1432 - 1481  3 February 1451  3 May 1481  Son of Murad IIBayezid II 1447/1448 - 1512  20 May 1481  25 April 1512 (abdicated)  Son of Mehmed IISelim I (the Grim)  1465 - 1520  25 April 1512 (Caliph from 1517)  22 September 1520  Son of Bayezid IISuleyman I (the Magnificent)  1494 -  1566  22 September 1520  6 September 1566  Son of Selim ISelim II  1524 - 1574  6 September 1566  12 December 1574  Son of Suleyman IMurad III  1546 - 1595  12 December 1574  15 January 1595  Son of Selim IIMehmed III 1566 - 1603  15 January 1595  22 December 1603  Son of Murad IIIAhmed I 1590 - 1617  22 December 1603  22 November 1617  Son of Mehmed IIIMustafa I (first reign)  1592 - 1639  22 November 1617  26 February 1618 (deposed)  Son of Mehmed IIIOsman II 1604 - 1622  26 February 1618  20 May 1622  Son of Ahmed IMustafa I (second reign)  1592 - 1639  20 May 1622  10 September 1623 (deposed)  Son of Mehmed IIIMurad IV  1612 - 1640  10 September 1623  9 February 1640  Son of Ahmed IIbrahim I (the Mad)  1615 - 1648  9 February 1640  8 August 1648 (deposed)  Son of Ahmed I Mehmed IV 1642 - 1693  8 August 1648  8 November 1687 (deposed)  Son of Ibrahim ISuleyman II 1642 - 1691  8 November 1687  23 June 1691  Son of Ibrahim IAhmed II 1643 - 1695  23 June 1691  6 February 1695  Son of Ibrahim IMustafa II 1664 - 1703  6 February 1695  22 August 1703 (abdicated)  Son of Mehmed IVAhmed III 1673 - 1736  22 August 1703  1 October 1730 (abdicated)  Son of Mehmed IVMahmud I  1696 - 1754  2 October 1730  13 December 1754  Son of Mustafa IIOsman III 1699 - 1757  14 December 1754  30 October 1757  Son of Mustafa IIMustafa III 1717 - 1774  30 October 1757  21 January 1774  Son of Ahmed IIIAbdul Hamid I 1725 - 1789  21 January 1774  7 April 1789  Son of Ahmed IIISelim III 1761 - 1808  7 April 1789  29 May 1807 (deposed)  Son of Mustafa IIIMustafa IV 1779 - 1808  29 May 1807  28 July 1808 (deposed)  Son of Abdul Hamid IMahmud II  1785 - 1839  28 July 1808  1 July 1839  Son of Abdul Hamid IAbdulmecid I 1823 - 1861  1 July 1839  25 June 1861  Son of Mahmud IIAbdulaziz  1830 - 1876  25 June 1861  30 May 1876 (deposed)  Son of Mahmud IIMurad V 1840 - 1904  30 May 1876  31 August 1876 (deposed)  Son of Abdulmecid IAbdul Hamid II  1842 - 1918  31 August 1876  27 April 1909 (deposed)  Son of Abdulmecid IMehmed V (Reşad)  1844 - 1918  27 April 1909  3 July 1918  Son of Abdulmecid IMehmed VI (Vahideddin)  1861 - 1926  3 July 1918  1 November 1922 (deposed)  Son of Abdulmecid I

Post-Imperial Heads of the House of Osman (1922-present)
 Name Born-Died Reign start Reign endAbdulmecid II 1868 - 1944  19 November 1922  23 August 1944Ahmed IV Nihad 1883 - 1954  23 August 1944  4 June 1954 Osman IV Fuad 1895 - 1973  4 June 1954  19 May 1973Mehmed Abdulaziz II 1901 - 1977  19 May 1973  19 January 1977Ali Vâsib 1903 - 1983  19 January 1977  9 December 1983Mehmed VII Orhan  1909 - 1994  9 December 1983  12 March 1994Ertuğrul Osman V 1912 - 2009  12 March 1994  23 September 2009Bayezid Osman  1924 - 2017  23 September 2009  6 January 2017Dündar Ali Osman  1930 - 2021  6 January 2017  18 January 2021Harun Osman 1932 -  18 January 2021  present

 Expelled from the Imperial House 
(Şehzade) Mahmud Şevket (Efendi Hazretleri) (1903, Istanbul - 1973, France) was expelled and deprived of the title of Prince and the style of His Highness from the Imperial House of Osman by His Imperial Majesty, the last Caliph Abdülmecid II. in 1931. He d. in France 1973, having had issue:

(a) HIH Princess Hamide Nermin Nezahat Sultana [1923 - 1998] by Adile Hanimsultan, a granddaughter of Abdülhamid II.

 Excluded from the line of sucssession  
Mehmed Selim Orhan, (born in Paris, 3. October 1943 - 17. May 1998, descendant of Abdul Hamid II through Mehmed VII Orhan), deprived since birth of title HIH Şehzade, because he was born before his parents married in 1944.

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