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Mahmud II

1785 - 1839

Mahmud II

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 "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms which culminated in the Decree of Tanzimat ("reorganization") that was carried out by his successors. 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 1,787,109 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Mahmud II is the 268th most popular politician (down from 232nd in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 40th in 2019) and the 28th 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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1.8M
Page Views (PV)
76.54
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
73
Languages Editions (L)
9.30
Effective Languages (L*)
3.49
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahmud II ranks 268 out of 15,577. Before him are Tolui, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Philippe Pétain, Rüstem Pasha, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Philip IV of Spain. After him are Charles the Bald, Edward III of England, Elizabeth of Russia, William the Silent, Silvio Berlusconi, and Harald Fairhair.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Tolui
1191 - 1232
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 262
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
1161 - 1185
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 263
Philippe Pétain
1856 - 1951
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 264
Rüstem Pasha
1500 - 1561
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 265
Nursultan Nazarbayev
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 266
Philip IV of Spain
1605 - 1665
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 267
Mahmud II
1785 - 1839
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 268
Charles the Bald
823 - 877
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 269
Edward III of England
1312 - 1377
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 270
Elizabeth of Russia
1709 - 1762
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 271
William the Silent
1533 - 1584
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 272
Silvio Berlusconi
1936 - 2023
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 273
Harald Fairhair
850 - 933
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 274

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, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Thomas De Quincey, John James Audubon, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Among people deceased in 1839, Mahmud II ranks 1. After him are Frederick VI of Denmark, Caroline Bonaparte, Fernando Sor, Friedrich Mohs, William, Duke of Nassau, Ranjit Singh, William Smith, Princess Marie of Orléans, Pehr Henrik Ling, Charlotte Bonaparte, and Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia.

Others Born in 1785

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Louis XVII of France
1785 - 1795
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 1
Mahmud II
1785 - 1839
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 2
Jacob Grimm
1785 - 1863
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 3
Karl Drais
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 4
Alessandro Manzoni
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 5
Bettina von Arnim
1785 - 1859
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 6
Lin Zexu
1785 - 1850
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 7
Claude-Louis Navier
1785 - 1836
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 8
Florestan I, Prince of Monaco
1785 - 1856
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 9
Thomas De Quincey
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 10
John James Audubon
1785 - 1851
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 11
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1785 - 1831
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 12