Mahmud II was the Ottoman Empire's 30th Sultan, reigning from 1808 to 1839. He was born on 20 July 1785 and died on 1 July 1839. His reign is remembered for the vast administrative, military, a ...
October 26, 2021
Mustafa IV was an Ottoman sultan who reigned from 1807 to 1808 and was a member of the reactionary conservative alliance that deposed his reformer relative, Sultan Selim III. Mustafa, a passionate ...
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From 1789 until 1807, Sultan Selim III ruled the Ottoman Empire. Despite his reputation as a wise ruler, the Janissaries removed and imprisoned him, putting his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Must ...
October 26, 2021
Jayaatu Khan, commonly known as Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, was an emperor of the Yuan dynasty born Tugh Temur. Apart from becoming Emperor of China, he is known as the 12th Great Khan of the Mongol E ...
October 26, 2021
Khutughtu Khan, commonly known as Emperor Mingzong of Yuan (December 22, 1300 – August 30, 1329), was a son of Khayishan who took the Yuan dynasty's throne in 1329 but died soon after. He ...
October 26, 2021
Yesün Temür's son Ragibagh, commonly known as the Tianshun Emperor of Yuan, was temporarily elevated to the throne of the Yuan dynasty in Shangdu in 1328. Apart from becoming Emperor ...
October 26, 2021
Abdul Hamid I was the Ottoman Sultan from 1774 to 1789, when he signed the humiliating Treaty of Kuçuk Kaynarca to end the war with Russia. In 1783, Russia conquered Crimea (a tributary stat ...
October 19, 2021
Mustafa III, an Ottoman sultan who sought governmental and military reforms to stem the empire's decline and waged war on Russia, ended in a terrible defeat (after his death). However, Mustafa ...
October 19, 2021
Mustafa I, also known as Mustafa the Saint (Veli Mustafa) during his second reign and Mustafa the Mad (Deli Mustafa) by later historians, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and ...
October 12, 2021
From 1603 to 1617, Ahmed I served as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Ahmed's reign is notable for being the first time the Ottoman custom of royal fratricide was broken; from then on, Ottoman rul ...
October 12, 2021
Mehmed III, whose reign was marked by a protracted war with Austria and major uprisings in Anatolia. Mehmed's rule began with the fight against Austria, which had already been going on for two ...
October 12, 2021
Sultan Selim II is often known as Selim the Blond or Selim the Drunk. He ruled the Ottoman Empire. Suleiman the Magnificent had a son with his wife, Hurrem Sultan. Selim had been an unlikely conten ...
October 12, 2021