Sultan Mehmet I
Sultan Mehmet Khan I Father of the Sharifistanis | |
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| Title | Sultan of Sharifistan |
| Personal | |
| Died | Madinat Al-Islam Palace |
| Cause of death | heart attack |
| Resting place | Khan plot, Madinat Al-Islam Islamic Cemetery |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Ottoman (1915-1922), Sharifistani (1922-1975) |
| Home town | Madinat Al-Islam, Sharifistan |
| Spouse | Meryem Fatimah Khan, Khadijah Aisha Khan and Afet Aisha Khan |
| Children | Sultan Mehmet Khan II, Khadija Aisha Khan II, Fatimah Meryem Khan and Meryem Afet Khan |
| Parents | Pasha Ahmed Suleiman Khan and Kadin Aisha Fatimah Khan |
| Denomination | Sunni Sufi Islam |
| School | Maturidiyya |
| Alma mater | Mevlevi Order |
| Known for | first Sultan of Sharifistan |
| Posthumous name | Ata-Sharifistanlılar (Father of the Sharifistanis) |
| Profession | Cavalry officer (1915-1920), Sultan (1922-1975) |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Kolağası |
| Order | Mevlevi Order |
| Philosophy | Natural law theory and Platonism |
| Senior posting | |
| Successor | Sultan Mehmet Khan II (his son) |
| Reason for exit | his death |
| Initiated | unknown |
| Profession | Cavalry officer (1915-1920), Sultan (1922-1975) |
| Post | Sultan 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) | |
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| Sultan of Sharifistan, Ata-Sharifistanlılar | |
| 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 |
| Patronage | Sharifistan, horsemen, cavalrymen, military officers, armoured corps personnel (by association with cavalrymen), partisans, entrepreneurs, philosophers and Madinat Al-Islam |