Abdülmecid I
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Abdülmecid I was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839.
Portrait by Konstantin Cretius
Portrait of Abdülmecid I by David Wilkie, 1840.
A painting of Abdulmejid at the Pera Museum in Istanbul (oil on canvas, 1850s).
Sultan Abdülmecid (left) with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Emperor Napoleon III of France
Mahmud II
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Mahmud II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal r
Abdülmecid I
…اول, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd, Turkish: I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 1823 – 25 June 1861) was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. Abdulmejid's greatest achievement was the announcement of the Tanzimat Edict upon his accession, prepared by his then Foreign Minister…
Portrait by Henri-Guillaume Schlesinger, 1839
Mahmud II enthroned, c. 1809
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