Mustafa III
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Mustafa III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III, and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. After years of conf
Portrait, 1770s
Sultan Mustafa III
Reception ceremony of the Comte de Saint Priest at the Ottoman Porte Antoine de Favray, 1767.
Silver coin: 2 Zolota Mustafa III, 1759
Osman III
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Osman III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757. He was succeeded by his cousin Mustafa III.
Mustafa III
…the death of his elder half-brother Mehmed, he became heir to the throne. Mustafa ascended the throne on 30 October 1757, after the death of his cousin Osman III, the son of Sultan Mustafa II, marking the first time in Ottoman history that the throne passed down from cousin to cousin. Soon after his accession…
Sultan Osman III by Konstantin Kapıdağlı
Audience of French ambassador Charles de Vergennes with Sultan Osman III in 1755.