TURKEY - OTTOMAN EMPIRE 100 KURUSH 1327/3 (1911) 7.2g 0.2126 oz 0.917 gold

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TURKEY - OTTOMAN EMPIRE 100 KURUSH 1327/3 (1911) 7.2g 0.2126 oz 0.917 gold :
$420.00

3rd year of sultan Mehmed V Reshad(1844-1918). His reign began in 1909 but he was largely a figurehead with no real political power, as the Ottoman state affairs were largely run by the Three Pashas since the Young Turk Revolution in 1908. Mehmed V\'s only significant political act was to formally declare jihad against the Entente Powers (Allies of World War I) on 11 November 1914, following the Ottoman government\'s decision to join the First World War on the side of the Central Powers. He was actually said to look with disfavor on the pro-German policy of Enver Pasha.This was the last genuine proclamation of jihad in history by a Caliph, as the Caliphate lasted until 1924. The proclamation had no noticeable effect on the war, despite the fact that many Muslims lived in Ottoman territories. The Arabs eventually joined the British forces against the Ottomans with the Arab Revolt in 1916.

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