Sultan Mehmet Khan II
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 | |||||
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| Sultan of Sharifistan (1975-2005) Emir of Sipahi County (1955-2005) | |||||
| Coronation | 1975 | ||||
| previous Sultan | Sultan Mehmet I | ||||
| son | Sultan Ahmed I (Sharifistan) | ||||
| Born | Mehmet Ibn Mehmet Khan August the 4th 1935 | ||||
| Died | September the 3rd 2014 Madinat Al-Islam University Hospital | ||||
| Burial | Royal Plot, Madinat Al-Islam Old Town Cemetery | ||||
| Queen | Aisha Bint Ali Al-Qasimi, Khadijah Bint Muhammad Khan and Fatimah Aisha Khan | ||||
| princes/princesses | Kamaaluddeen Khan (Prince), Muhammad Khan (Islamic scholar), Sultan Ahmed Khan (Sharifistan) and Princess Khadijah Bint Mehmet Khan | ||||
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| clan | Khan | ||||
| Father | Sultan Mehmet I | ||||
| Mother | Meryem Fatimah Khan | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
| Occupation | Army officer (1945-1953), Emir (1955-2005), Sultan (1955-2005) | ||||
Sultan Mehmet Khan II | |
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| Nickname(s) | "The Conqueror" |
| Allegiance | Sharifistan |
| Service/ | Royal Sharifistani Army |
| Years of service | 1943-1953 |
| Rank | Mudaqaddam (Lieutenant-Colonel) |
| Commands held | Company B, 1st Battalion, Royal Madinat Al-Islam Cavalry (1946-1953), 1st Battalion, Royal Madinat Al-Islam Cavalry (1953) |
| Battles/wars | Second World War, Korean War |
| Awards | Nişan-nin Onur |
| Other work | Emir 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.
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 Mehmet Khan II | |
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| Era | 20th century, |
Notable work | Musical works of Mehmet Khan II |
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.