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| alma_mater      = Mevlevi Order
| alma_mater      = Mevlevi Order
| posthumous_name  = Ata-Sharifistanlılar (Father of the Sharifistanis)
| posthumous_name  = Ata-Sharifistanlılar (Father of the Sharifistanis)
| nationality      = Ottoman (1895-1922), Sharifistani (1922-1975)
| nationality      = Ottoman (1915-1922), Sharifistani (1922-1975)
| home_town        = Madinat Al-Islam, Sharifistan  
| home_town        = Madinat Al-Islam, Sharifistan  
| death_place      = Madinat Al-Islam Palace  
| death_place      = Madinat Al-Islam Palace  
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| parents          = [[Pasha Ahmed Suleiman Khan]] and Kadin Aisha Fatimah Khan  
| parents          = [[Pasha Ahmed Suleiman Khan]] and Kadin Aisha Fatimah Khan  
| title            = [[Sultan of Sharifistan]]
| title            = [[Sultan of Sharifistan]]
| successor        = Sultan Mehmet Khan II  
| successor        = Sultan Mehmet Khan II (his son)
| reason          = his son
| reason          = his death 
| initiated        = unknown  
| initiated        = unknown  
| profession      = Cavalry officer (1895-1922), Sultan (1922-1975)
| profession      = Cavalry officer (1915-1920), Sultan (1922-1975)
| post            = [[Sultan of Sharifistan]]
| post            = [[Sultan of Sharifistan]]
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'''Early life'''
'''Early life'''


Born into the Ottoman nobility, the Sultan, Mehmet Khan, was educated with the expectation that he would hold an office of leadership. He was taught philosophy, reading, writing, Arabic, mathematics and Islamic studies.  
Born into the Ottoman nobility in 1895, the Sultan, Mehmet Khan, was educated with the expectation that he would hold an office of leadership. He was taught philosophy, reading, writing, Arabic, mathematics and Islamic studies.  


'''Ottoman military service'''
'''Ottoman military service'''
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'''Turkish War of Independence and founding of Sharifistan'''
'''Turkish War of Independence and founding of Sharifistan'''
After the Ottoman Empire lost World War One and the Allied forces invaded Turkey Sultan Mehmet I joined the Turkish National Movement and lead 150 men in opposition to the occupying powers. Once the Ottoman Empire was abolished he joined a group of other nobles in what was then Sipahistan to petition for it's independence. It became independent and became Sharifistan.
After the Ottoman Empire lost World War One and the Allied forces invaded Turkey Sultan Mehmet I joined the Turkish National Movement and lead 150 men in opposition to the occupying powers. Once the Ottoman Empire was abolished he joined a group of other nobles in what was then Sipahistan to petition for it's independence. It became independent and became Sharifistan.


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| venerated_in = Sufi Islam in Sharifistan and the Sharifistani diaspora  
| venerated_in = Sufi Islam in Sharifistan and the Sharifistani diaspora  
| major_shrine = Mehmet Khan's Mausoleum, Madinat Al-Islam Old Town, Madinat Al-Islam, [[Sharifistan]]
| major_shrine = Mehmet Khan's Mausoleum, Madinat Al-Islam Old Town, Madinat Al-Islam, [[Sharifistan]]
| patronage = [[Sharifistan]], horsemen, cavalrymen,  military officers, armoured corps personnel (by association with cavalrymen), partisans, entrepreneurs and Madinat Al-Islam
| patronage = [[Sharifistan]], horsemen, cavalrymen,  military officers, armoured corps personnel (by association with cavalrymen), partisans, entrepreneurs, philosophers and Madinat Al-Islam
}}
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[[Category:Sharifistani veterans]]
[[Category:Sharifistani veterans]]
[[Category:Sharifistani saints]]
[[Category:Sharifistani saints]]
[[Category:Incomplete articles]]
[[Category:Islamists]]

Latest revision as of 19:37, 12 April 2021

Sultan

Mehmet Khan I

Father of the Sharifistanis
TitleSultan of Sharifistan
Personal
Died
Madinat Al-Islam Palace
Cause of deathheart attack
Resting placeKhan plot, Madinat Al-Islam Islamic Cemetery
ReligionIslam
NationalityOttoman (1915-1922), Sharifistani (1922-1975)
Home townMadinat Al-Islam, Sharifistan
SpouseMeryem Fatimah Khan, Khadijah Aisha Khan and Afet Aisha Khan
ChildrenSultan Mehmet Khan II, Khadija Aisha Khan II, Fatimah Meryem Khan and Meryem Afet Khan
ParentsPasha Ahmed Suleiman Khan and Kadin Aisha Fatimah Khan
DenominationSunni Sufi Islam
SchoolMaturidiyya
Alma materMevlevi Order
Known forfirst Sultan of Sharifistan
Posthumous nameAta-Sharifistanlılar (Father of the Sharifistanis)
ProfessionCavalry officer (1915-1920), Sultan (1922-1975)
Military service
RankKolağası
OrderMevlevi Order
PhilosophyNatural law theory and Platonism
Senior posting
SuccessorSultan Mehmet Khan II (his son)
Reason for exithis death
Initiatedunknown
ProfessionCavalry officer (1915-1920), Sultan (1922-1975)
PostSultan of Sharifistan

Sultan Mehmet I was the first Sultan of Sharifistan and before that an Ottoman nobleman, cavalry officer in the Hamidiye and son of the Pasha of Sipahistan.

Early life

Born into the Ottoman nobility in 1895, the Sultan, Mehmet Khan, was educated with the expectation that he would hold an office of leadership. He was taught philosophy, reading, writing, Arabic, mathematics and Islamic studies.

Ottoman military service

Mehmet Khan joined the Hamidye cavalry as an officer at the age of 20 in 1915. He served as a cavalry officer in World War One and was praised for his bravery leaving the Ottoman Army in 1920 as a Kolağası (Major).

Turkish War of Independence and founding of Sharifistan

After the Ottoman Empire lost World War One and the Allied forces invaded Turkey Sultan Mehmet I joined the Turkish National Movement and lead 150 men in opposition to the occupying powers. Once the Ottoman Empire was abolished he joined a group of other nobles in what was then Sipahistan to petition for it's independence. It became independent and became Sharifistan.

Veneration

In Sharifistan he is widely venerated as a saint and is along with Sultan Suleiman Khan considered the patron saint (Wali) of Sharifistan.

Sultan

Mehmet Khan

Ata-Sharifistanlılar (Father of the Sharifistanis)
Sultan of Sharifistan, Ata-Sharifistanlılar
Venerated inSufi Islam in Sharifistan and the Sharifistani diaspora
Major shrineMehmet Khan's Mausoleum, Madinat Al-Islam Old Town, Madinat Al-Islam, Sharifistan
PatronageSharifistan, horsemen, cavalrymen, military officers, armoured corps personnel (by association with cavalrymen), partisans, entrepreneurs, philosophers and Madinat Al-Islam