Mahmud I.
Mahmud I ( August 2, 1696 in Edirne ; † December 13, 1754 in Constantinople ) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754 .
Life
Mahmud was a son of Mustafa II and was replaced by his uncle Ahmed III during the Patrona Halil uprising . brought on the throne. After a military revolt was suppressed, the war with Persia continued with varying degrees of success, ending in 1736 with a peace treaty that restored the pre-war status quo .
The next opponent faced the Ottoman Empire in 1735, Russia , later allied with the Roman-German Emperor and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy . The war lasted four years; the victories achieved by Russia were countered by several setbacks by the Imperialists . The peace treaty of Belgrade in 1739 was a triumph for Turkish diplomacy. The sultan, eager for peace, is said to have been under the influence of his chief eunuch, Haci Beşir Aga . In 1754 Mahmud died of heart disease when he returned from the mosque from Friday prayers .
During the reign of Mahmud, the system was introduced to send Phanariots as administrators in the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia .
literature
- Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph v. 1827-1836. History of the Ottoman Empire . Vol. 6: From the grand viziership of Mohammed Köprili to the Peace of Carlowicz (1656-1699) . Vol. 7: From Carlowiczer to the Peace of Belgrade (1699–1739) . Vol. 8: From the Peace of Belgrade to the Peace of Kainardsche (1739–1774) . 10 vols. Vienna and Pesth.
- Majoros, Ferenc; Rill, Bernd. 2004. The Ottoman Empire 1300-1922. The story of a great power . Wiesbaden: Marix Verlag.
- Noradounghian, Gabriel Effendi . 1897. Recueil d'actes internationaux de l'Empire Ottoman 1300–1789. Tome I. Paris, Neufchâtel.
- Parry Vernon John. 1976. A history of the Ottoman Empire to 1730: chapters from the 'Cambridge history of Islam' and 'New Cambridge modern history' . Vol. 1-5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Werner, Ernst. 1985. The birth of a great power - The Ottomans. A contribution to the genesis of Turkish feudalism . Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus successor 1985.
- Werner, Ernst; Markov Walter 1979. History of the Turks from the beginning to the present . Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mahmud I in the Encyclopædia Britannica , accessed on January 2, 2020
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed III. |
Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire 1730–1754 |
Osman III |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mahmud I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1696 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edirne |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1754 |
| Place of death | Constantinople |