Abdulmejid I

Abdulmejid I or Abdul Majid I (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجيد اول, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, Turkish: I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 1823 – 25 June 1861) was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the rise of nationalist movements within the empire's territories. Abdulmejid wanted to encourage Ottomanism among secessionist subject nations and stop rising nationalist movements within the empire, but despite new laws and reforms to integrate non-Muslims and non-Turks more thoroughly into Ottoman society, his efforts failed in this regard.

Abdulmejid I
Ottoman Caliph Amir al-Mu'minin Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Khan
Portrait by Konstantin Cretius
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah)
Reign	2 July 1839 – 25 June 1861
Predecessor	Mahmud II
Successor	Abdülaziz
Grand Viziers	See list Husrev Pasha Sadık Rıfat Pasha Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha Ibrahim Sarim Pasha Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha Mustafa Reşid Pasha Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha Mustafa Naili Pasha Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha Mehmed Rushdi Pasha
Born	25 April 1823 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	25 June 1861(1861-06-25) (aged 38) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Yavuz Selim Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul
Consorts	See below
Issue Among others	See Murad V Abdul Hamid II Fatma Sultan Refia Sultan Cemile Sultan Mehmed V Münire Sultan Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Behice Sultan Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Seniha Sultan Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin Mediha Sultan Naile Sultan Şehzade Selim Süleyman Mehmed VI
Full name Abdul Majeed Han bin Mahmud
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Mahmud II
Mother	Bezmiâlem Sultan
Religion	Sunni Islam
Tughra

He tried to forge alliances with the major powers of Western Europe, namely the United Kingdom and France, who fought alongside the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War against Russia. During the Congress of Paris on 30 March 1856, the Ottoman Empire was officially included among the European family of nations.

Abdulmejid's biggest achievement was the announcement and application of the Tanzimat (reorganization) reforms which were prepared by his father and effectively started the modernization of the Ottoman Empire in 1839. For this achievement, one of the imperial anthems of the Ottoman Empire, the March of Abdulmejid, was named after him.