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Murad V

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Murad V, 1840–1904, Ottoman sultan (1876), son of Abd al-Majid. He came to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) when his uncle, Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Aziz or Abdülaziz , 1830–76, Ottoman sultan (1861–76), brother and successor of Abd al-Majid. The economic and political reforms enacted under his rule could not outpace the decline of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey).
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, was deposed, but he was soon declared insane and was succeeded by his brother, Abd al-Hamid II. His brief reign was dominated by Midhat Pasha Midhat Pasha , 1822–83, Turkish politician. As governor of Bulgaria he succeeded within the few years of his tenure (1864–69) in raising the country from misery to relative prosperity.
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