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'''Early life and education'''
'''Early life and education'''


Sultan Mehmet Khan II was born the son of [[Sultan Mehmet Khan I]] and Sultana Meryem Fatimah Khan in August the 4th 1922. He attended the Sharifistani School of Fencing and then Madinat Al-Islam University where he did a degree in Islamic Studies.  
Sultan Mehmet Khan II was born the son of [[Sultan Mehmet I]] and Sultana Meryem Fatimah Khan in August the 4th 1922. He attended the Sharifistani School of Fencing and then Madinat Al-Islam University where he did a degree in Islamic Studies.  


'''Military Service'''
'''Military Service'''

Revision as of 18:37, 23 January 2021

Sultan Mehmet Khan II was the second Sultan of Sharifistan, the son of Sultan Mehmet I, an active member of the Mevlevi Order, an amateur composer and an armoured cavalry officer in the Korean War.

Mehmet Khan II
Sultan of Sharifistan (1975-2014) Emir of Sipahi County (1955-2014)
Coronation1975-
previous SultanSultan Mehmet I
sonSultan Ahmed I (Sharifistan)
BornMehmet Ibn Mehmet Khan
August the 4th 1935
DiedSeptember the 3rd 2014
Madinat Al-Islam University Hospital
Burial
Royal Plot, Madinat Al-Islam Old Town Cemetery
QueenAisha Bint Ali Al-Qasimi, Khadijah Bint Muhammad Khan and Fatimah Aisha Khan
princes/princessesKamaaluddeen Khan (Prince), Muhammad Khan (Islamic scholar), Sultan Ahmed I (Sharifistan) and Princess Khadijah Bint Mehmet Khan
Full name
Mehmet Ibn Mehmet Khan
clanKhan
FatherSultan Mehmet I
MotherMeryem Fatimah Khan
ReligionIslam
OccupationArmy officer (1945-1953), Emir (1955-2014), Sultan (1955-2014)


Sultan Mehmet Khan II
Nickname(s)"The Conqueror"
AllegianceSharifistan
Service/branchRoyal Sharifistani Army
Years of service1943-1953
RankMudaqaddam (Lieutenant-Colonel)
Commands heldCompany B, 1st Battalion, Royal Madinat Al-Islam Cavalry (1946-1953), 1st Battalion, Royal Madinat Al-Islam Cavalry (1953)
Battles/warsSecond World War, Korean War
AwardsNişan-nin Onur
Other workEmir of Sipahi County (1953-2014), Sultan of Sharifistan (1975-2014)

Early life and education

Sultan Mehmet Khan II was born the son of Sultan Mehmet I and Sultana Meryem Fatimah Khan in August the 4th 1922. He attended the Sharifistani School of Fencing and then Madinat Al-Islam University where he did a degree in Islamic Studies.

Military Service

Sultan Mehmet Khan II joined the Royal Sharifistani Army as an officer cadet in 1943, he was commissioned as an armoured cavalry officer in the Royal Madinat Al-Islam Cavalry in 1944, serving in the Second World War. In 1950, he joined the Korean War. Upon leaving the Army in 1953 he became the Emir of Sipahi County.

Religion

Sultan Mehmet II was an active member of the Mevlevi Sufi Order. He also followed a Maturidi interpretation of Islamic jurisprudence like his father and all future Sharifistani Sultans before Ed Ashleigh.

Composer

He composed numerous pieces of music and composed the music for the Sharifistani national anthem Sharifistan Forever. This made him popular in Sufi circles but was viewed with distaste by many Salafis.

Sultan of Sharifistan

As Sultan of Sharifistan he pursued an aggressively anti-Soviet, anti-communist, pan-Islamic policy. He notably sided with the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet Afghan War but also supported Nelson Mandela who was not aligned to the NATO bloc (unlike the Afghan mujahideen). He also criminalised marital rape in 1980.