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Murad was both well-educated and most
intelligent. He is reported to have been pleasant when dealing with other
people, and during his visit to Europe in 1867 he made an excellent figure.
Hence, he would have been the perfect material for a sultan.But after years of suspicious
surveillance from Sultan Abdülaziz,
misuse of alcohol and with a nervous nature he was close to mental breakdown
when he became sultan in 1876. Only after 93 days on the throne, his mental
problems had become so strong that he was deposed.
BIOGRAPHY
1840 September 21: Born in Constantinople.
1867: Visits Europe together with Abdülaziz, where he makes contact
with exiled liberals. Abdülaziz discovers this, and would keep him under
close surveillance for years.
1876 May 30: Murad is made
sultan after that a group of minister under the leadership of Midhat Pasha
has Abdülaziz deposed.
August 31: Is declared mentally ill and incurable by
Ottoman and foreign doctors.
1904 August 29: Dies in Constantinople.