Wikipedia's article on the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate, read directly for this pass, which states the Ottoman Caliphate, the Muslim world's last widely recognized caliphate, was abolished on 3 March 1924 by decree of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, deposing the last Ottoman caliph, Abdulmecid II, elected 19 November 1922 with a purely ceremonial role. At least thirteen candidates were subsequently put forward with no consensus, and three unsuccessful caliphate conferences followed (Cairo 1926, Jerusalem 1931, and one in 1924). The 2014 Islamic State declaration of a caliphate received little acknowledgment from other Muslims and did not survive militarily.
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A community-edited tertiary reference, not peer-reviewed, but the 3 March 1924 abolition date and the lack of any subsequent consensus successor are settled, well-documented modern Turkish and Islamic history with no live dispute over the date itself. NotesCited for the final 1924 abolition date; the office's existing practice-status fact reads only "Historical; not practised continuously" with no date.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_Ottoman_Caliphate
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Cairo, Cities Caliph, Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate 1924 (Wikipedia) names Cairo by its exact full name: cessful caliphate conferences followed (Cairo 1926, Jerusalem 1931, and one in 1924).
This source names Jerusalem directly: "conferences followed (Cairo 1926, Jerusalem 1931, and one in 1924)."
This source names Turkey directly: "of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, deposing the last Ottoman caliph, Abdulmecid II, elected 19 November 1922 with a purely ceremonial role."
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