Question 4 - Fill in the blanks (MCQ) - Chapter 1 Class 10 History - Rise of Nationalism in Europe - History

Ottoman Empire was ruled by the ....................  

1. Giuseppe Mazzini
2. Caliph
3. King Friedrich Wilhelm IV
4. Otto Von Bismarck

Answer:

So the correct answer is (B): Caliph

Explanation

The chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, was regarded as the successor of Muhammad . The caliph ruled in Baghdad until 1258 and then in Egypt until the Ottoman conquest of 1517 ; the title was then held by the Ottoman sultans until it was abolished in 1924.