Abdülaziz (February 8, 1830 – June 4, 1876) is the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigns between June 25, 1861, and May 30, 1876.
He is the son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeds his brother Abdulmejid I in 1861.
Born at Eyüp Palace, Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), on February 8, 1830, Abdülaziz receives an Ottoman education but is nevertheless an ardent admirer of the material progress that being made in the West.
He is the first Ottoman Sultan who travelles \\to Western Europe, visiting a number of important European capitals including Paris, London and Vienna in the summer of 1867.
Apart from his passion for the Ottoman Navy, which has the world's third largest fleet in 1875 (after the British and French navies), the Sultan takes an interest in documenting the Ottoman Empire.
He is also interested in literature and is a talented classical music composer.
Some of his compositions, together with those of the other members of the Ottoman dynasty, have been collected in the album "European Music at the Ottoman Court" by the London Academy of Ottoman Court Music.
He is deposed on grounds of mismanaging the Ottoman economy on May 30, 1876, and is found dead six days later under unnatural and mysterious circumstances.
