The article concentrates on the reign of Sultan Mehmed Reşad (1909–18) to discuss the last phase of the Ottoman sultanate. Notwithstanding the significance of the Second Constitutional Period, Mehmed Reşad’s reign itself is often mentioned merely as representing the twilight of the Ottoman sultanate, when it became devoid of political power. By using a variety of primary sources, archival, printed and visual documents, this paper focuses on the rule of Mehmed Reşad as representing an attempt to shape a new stage of the Ottoman sultanate. It analyzes the use of Ottoman history at that time and the diffusion of imperial representations to evoke the grandeur of past sultans and its links to the reign of Mehmed Reşad. By promoting his image as a benevolent ruler and the supreme icon of the imagined Ottoman past, Mehmed Reşad endeavored to safeguard his status as a sultan and the future of the sultanate.

本文集中讨论苏丹·穆罕默德·雷萨德（Sultan MehmedReşad，1909–18年）的统治时期，以讨论奥斯曼帝国苏丹国的最后阶段。尽管第二宪法时期具有重要意义，但穆罕默德·里萨德（MehmedReşad）的统治本身经常被提及只是代表了奥斯曼帝国苏丹丧失政治权力时的暮色。通过使用各种主要资源，档案文件，印刷文件和视觉文件，本文着眼于穆罕默德·雷萨德（MehmedReşad）的统治，代表着塑造奥斯曼帝国苏丹帝国新阶段的尝试。它分析了当时奥斯曼帝国的历史使用以及帝国代表制的传播，以唤起过去苏丹的宏伟及其与穆罕默德·里萨德（MehmedReşad）统治的联系。通过提升他作为仁慈的统治者的形象和想象中的奥斯曼帝国过去的至高无上的偶像，