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Selim; 24 December 1761 – 28 July 1808) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, [3] he was eventually deposed and imprisoned by the Janissaries, who placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV ( r. 1807–1808 ). A group of assassins subsequently killed Selim.
Apr 8, 2024 · Selim III (born Dec. 24, 1761, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died July 29, 1808, Constantinople) was an Ottoman sultan from 1789 to 1807, who undertook a program of Westernization and whose reign felt the intellectual and political ferment created by the French Revolution.
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Selim III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, he was eventually deposed and imprisoned by the Janissaries, who placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV.
May 18, 2018 · Selim III (1761-1808), the twenty-eighth Ottoman sultan, was a late-18th-century reformer who sought to end the stagnation and decay weakening the empire. Born on Dec. 24, 1761, Selim was the son of Mustafa III and successor to his uncle Abdul Hamid I, who died April 7, 1789.
Kabakçı Mustafa, who was understood to be a professional revolutionist with ties to Russia, forcibly took a fatwa from the sheikh al-Islam to dethrone Sultan Selim III. The sultan abdicated; ...
Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثالث, Selim; 24 December 1761 – 28 July 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, the Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV.
Ottoman sultan who implemented sweeping reforms, known as Nizam-i Jedid (new system), in civil administration and education. Established a new military corps armed and organized according to modern European principles and techniques of warfare.
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