Osman III
| Osman III | |
|---|---|
| Caliph of Islam Ottoman Sultan | |
 | |
| Reign | 13 December 1754 – 30 October 1757 |
| Predecessor | Mahmud I |
| Successor | Mustafa III |
| Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | |
| Royal house | House of Osman |
| Father | Mustafa II |
| Mother | Şehsuvar Sultan |
| Tughra |  |
Osman III or Othman III[1] (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث ‘Osmān-i sālis) (2/3 January 1699 – 30 October 1757) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.[2]
Biography
The younger brother of Mahmud I (1730–54) and son of Mustafa II (1695–1703) and Valide Sultan Şehsuvar Sultan, he was born at Edirne Palace.
His brief reign saw rising intolerance of non-Muslims (Christians and Jews being required to wear distinctive clothes or badges)[citation needed] and is also notable for a fire in Constantinople.[3][4] His mother was Şehsuvar Sultan, a Serbian valide sultan.[citation needed]
Osman III lived most of his life as a prisoner in the palace, and as a consequence on becoming Sultan he had some behavioural peculiarities. Unlike previous Sultans, he hated music, and banished all musicians from the palace. Also while living in the "kafes", the palace prison in the "harem", the part of the palace containing the women's quarters, he developed a dislike for female company. He would wear iron shoes in order to avoid encountering any women — they could hear him approach and disperse. He died at the Topkapı Palace, Constantinople.
Osman was responsible for a firman in 1757, that preserved the Status Quo of various Holy Land sites for Christians, Muslims, and Jews.[5]
References
- ^ Rosse (1859). An Index of Dates: Comprehending the Principal Facts in the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest to the Present Time. Original from Harvard University: H. G. Bohn. p. 654.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)Text not available - ^ Upham, Edward (1829). "Chapter XV: OTHMAN III Twenty Fifth Reign H 1168 A.D. 1754". History of the Ottoman Empire from its Establishment till the Year 1828. Constable's Miscellany. Vol. XL. Original from Oxford University: Constable and Co. p. 260.
- ^ The Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol.7, Edited by Hugh Chisholm, (1911), 3; Constantinople, the capital of the Turkish Empire...
- ^ Britannica, Istanbul:When the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, the capital was moved to Ankara, and Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in 1930.
- ^ Michael R. T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley (2007). Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-57607-919-5. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
