death_date birth_date reign father death_place house title spouse image name predecessor succession birth_place known_for issue successor mother religion article_title
9 december 1983 14 october 1903 19 january 1977 -- 9 december 1983 ahmed iv nihad alexandria , egypt imperial house of osman prince ali vâsib emine mükbile ali-vassib-efendi-hanedan-nishan . jpg ali vâsib mehmed abdulaziz head of the house of osman beşiktaş , istanbul -lrb- constantinople -rrb- , ottoman empire claimant to the ottoman throne osman selaheddin osmanoğlu mehmed orhan safiru başhanımefendi islam ali vâsib

ali vâsib

ali vâsib -lrb- 13 october 1903 , constantinople -- 9 december 1983 , alexandria -rrb- was an ottoman prince .
from 1977 to his death in 1983 , he was the 41st head of the imperial house of osman , an ottoman royal dynasty .
much of his life was spent in exile .
