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Jul 05, 1883 Istanbul, Turkey Died on 04 Jun 1954 (aged 70)
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About Ahmed Nihad
- Ahmed Nihad (5 July 1883 – 4 June 1954), 38th Head of the Imperial House of Osman from 1944 to 1954, was the 38th and second post-imperial head of the Imperial House of Osman. He was born in Çiragan Palace, Ortaköy, on 5 July 1883, as the eldest son of Sehzade Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi, by his wife Naziknaz Hanim, and grandson of Sultan Mehmed V.
- He was educated privately.
- He was promoted to the rank of colonel of infantry of the Ottoman Army. Ahmed Nihad Efendi received the honors of the Collar of the Hanedan-i-Ali-Osman and the Nisan-i-Ali-Imtiyaz.
- He succeeded on the death of his cousin, Prince Abdulmecid Efendi, the last Ottoman Caliph, as Head of the Imperial House of Osman on 23 August 1944, to become the first head of the Ottoman family not to hold the office of Ottoman Caliph since his ancestor Sultan Selim I was granted this title in 1517.
- Had he been the reigning Sultan he would have been Sultan Ahmed IV.
