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Example photograph showing the swords of several Ottoman sultans in the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Türkiye, 2007. The Sword of Osman (Ottoman Turkish: تقلیدِ سیف; Turkish: Osman'ın Kılıcı) [1] was an important sword of state used during the enthronement ceremony (Turkish: Kılıç alayı) of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire, from the accession of Murad II onwards. [2]
The Sword of Osman (Turkish: Taklid-i Seyf) was an important sword of state used during the coronation ceremony of the Ottoman Sultans [125] starting with Sultan Murad II. [126] The practice started when Osman was girt with the sword of Islam by his father-in-law Sheik Edebali . [ 127 ]
A kilij consists of a grooved blade, a hilt, a guard, and a scabbard. The sword of Sultan Mehmed II illustrates its basic form with its slightly curved blade that thickens at the back. During the reigns of the sultans Bayezid II and Suleiman the Magnificent, the kilij attained its classic form, becoming shorter, lighter, and straighter.
The Sacred Trust is kept in the former Privy Chamber in Topkapı Palace The Chamber of the Blessed Mantle, from the Fourth Courtyard Letter by Muhammad. The Islamic Sacred Relics (Turkish: Mukaddes emanetler), [1] also known as the Holy Relics, known collectively as the Sacred Trust, consist of religious relics sent to the Ottoman Sultans between the 16th century to the late 19th century.
The Ottoman dynasty was expelled from Turkey in 1924 and most members took on the surname Osmanoğlu, meaning "son of Osman." [ 45 ] The female members of the dynasty were allowed to return after 1951, [ 45 ] and the male members after 1973. [ 46 ]
Finally, Osman also received several traditional gifts reflecting the new high stature to the Seljuk court, including a golden war banner, a Mehter (war drum), a Tuğ (a pole with circularly arranged horse tail hairs), a tassel, a gilded sword, a loose saddle, and one hundred thousand Dirhams.
Newly enthroned Ottoman rulers were girded with the Sword of Osman, an important ceremony that served as the equivalent of European monarchs' coronation. [10] A non-girded sultan was not eligible to have his children included in the line of succession. [11] Although absolute in theory and in principle, the sultan's powers were limited in practice.
The brother of Mehmed V Reşâd, he became heir to the throne in 1916, after the death of Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, as the eldest male member of the House of Osman. He acceded to the throne after the death of Mehmed V. [4] He was girded with the Sword of Osman on 4 July 1918 as the 36th padishah and 115th Islamic Caliph.