Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Murad V.

MURAD V., Sultan of Turkey; born Sept. 21, 1840. He was son of Abdul-Medjid, and he succeeded to the throne on the forcible deposition of Abdul Aziz, Aug. 31, 1876, but was deposed in the course of the same year on account of insanity, and was succeeded by his younger brother Abdul-Hamid II. (q. v.). He died in 1904.