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Mahmud I

1696 - 1754

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Mahmud I (Ottoman Turkish: محمود اول, Turkish: I. Mahmud; 2 August 1696 – 13 December 1754), known as Mahmud the Hunchback, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He took over the throne after the quelling of the Patrona Halil rebellion. His reign was marked by wars in Persia and conflicts in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahmud I has received more than 852,275 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Mahmud I is the 407th most popular politician (down from 386th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 65th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Turkish Politician.

Mahmud I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He is most famous for his expansion of the Ottoman Empire, especially in Europe and the Middle East.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahmud I ranks 407 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Philip I of Castile, Frederick IX of Denmark, Priam, Philip VI of France, and Miklós Horthy. After him are Clara Zetkin, Olof Palme, Edward IV of England, Charles the Fat, Malik-Shah I, and Ibn Saud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Mahmud I ranks 1. After him are Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Augustus III of Poland, Alphonsus Liguori, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Maurice de Saxe, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Melchior Molter, Vakhushti of Kartli, and Francesca Cuzzoni. Among people deceased in 1754, Mahmud I ranks 1. After him are Christian Wolff, Abraham de Moivre, Ludvig Holberg, Maria Anna of Austria, Henry Fielding, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Jacopo Riccati, Henry Pelham, Edward Cave, Nicolai Eigtved, and Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mahmud I ranks 63 out of 1,347. Before him are Abdulmejid I (1823), Aspasia (-470), Hatice Sultan (1496), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Selim III (1761), and Ibn Taymiyyah (1263). After him are Leucippus (-500), Saint Blaise (300), Osman III (1699), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Şehzade Mehmed (1522), and Mustafa III (1717).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mahmud I ranks 36. Before him are Mustafa II (1664), Julian (331), Abdulmejid I (1823), Hatice Sultan (1496), Abdul Hamid I (1725), and Selim III (1761). After him are Osman III (1699), Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), Honorius (384), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), and Ertuğrul (1198).

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