In March 1924, Abdülmecid II had been deposed as Caliph, supreme religious and political leader of all Muslims across the world.[25] The Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar repudiated the abolition[26] and was part of a call from Al-Azhar for an Islamic Conference. The unsuccessful "caliphate conference" was held under the presidency of the Grand Chancellor of Azhar in 1926[27][28] but no one was able to gain a consensus for the candidacy across the Islamic world.