On 23 August 1944, Abdulmejid II died at his house in the Boulevard Suchet, Paris, due to a heart attack. His death coincided with the Liberation of Paris from the German occupation. Despite the efforts of Dürrüşehvar Sultan, his funeral was not accepted to Turkey. Because his funeral was not accepted to Turkey, he was held at the Grand Mosque of Paris for up to 10 years, and after the mosque's Board of trustees informed that they could no longer hold his body, He was buried in the special Al-Baqi' cemetary in Medina due to being a caliph.