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Mahmud II
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Mahmud II was the Ottoman Sultan who ruled from 1808 to 1839 and is remembered for initiating major military and administrative reforms to modernize the empire and strengthen it against European powers. His efforts to reorganize the Ottoman army and government, known as the Tanzimat reforms, represented a significant turning point in Ottoman history and helped preserve the empire during a period of decline.
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- Part of
- Ottoman dynasty
- Given name
- Mahmut
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Istanbul
- Place of death
- Istanbul
- Child
- Mihrimah Sultan
- Father
- Abdul Hamid I
- Mother
- Nakşidil Sultan
- Sibling
- Hibetullah Sultan
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Languages spoken
- Ottoman Turkish
- Native language
- Ottoman Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Ottoman dynasty
- Followed by
- Abdülmecid I
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- Mahmud II
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of death
- 1839-07-01
- date of birth
- 1785-07-20
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- tuberculosis
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- Category:Mahmud II
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- محمود ثانى
- place of burial
- Mausoleum of Mahmud II
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- Sakıp Sabancı Museum
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- Ottoman Turkish
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Mahmud II (Ottoman Turkish: محمود ثانى, romanized: Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, Turkish: II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) 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 reforms. His disbandment of the conservative Janissary Corps removed a major obstacle to his and his successors' reforms in the Empire, creating the foundations of the subsequent Tanzimat era. Mahmud's reign was also marked by further Ottoman military defeats and loss of territory as a result of nationalist uprisings and European intervention.
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