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Mahmud II

1785 - 1839

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahmud II has received more than 1,953,113 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Mahmud II is the 302nd most popular politician (down from 268th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 25th most popular Turkish Politician.

Mahmud II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839. He is most famous for his modernization of the empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahmud II ranks 302 out of 19,576. Before him are Woodrow Wilson, Hugh Capet, Konstantin Chernenko, Philip III of Spain, Peter III of Russia, and Charles VI of France. After him are Slobodan Milošević, Chagatai Khan, Solon, Ahmed II, Helmut Kohl, and Alfred the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Mahmud II ranks 2. Before him is Louis XVII of France. After him are Jacob Grimm, Karl Drais, Alessandro Manzoni, Bettina von Arnim, Lin Zexu, Claude-Louis Navier, Thomas De Quincey, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Pierre Louis Dulong, and John James Audubon. Among people deceased in 1839, Mahmud II ranks 1. After him are Frederick VI of Denmark, Caroline Bonaparte, Fernando Sor, Friedrich Mohs, Ranjit Singh, William, Duke of Nassau, Princess Marie of Orléans, Pehr Henrik Ling, William Smith, Joseph Fesch, and Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mahmud II ranks 46 out of 1,347. Before him are Helena (250), Mehmed VI (1861), Epictetus (50), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Suleiman II (1642), and Mimar Sinan (1490). After him are Ahmed II (1643), Xenophanes (-570), Şehzade Bayezid (1525), Mehmed V (1844), Margaret the Virgin (292), and Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mahmud II ranks 25. Before him are Bayezid I (1354), Mehmed I (1386), Heraclius (575), Mehmed VI (1861), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), and Suleiman II (1642). After him are Ahmed II (1643), Şehzade Bayezid (1525), Mehmed V (1844), Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Mustafa II (1664), and Julian (331).

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