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Selim III

1761 - 1808

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Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثالث, romanized: Selim-i sâlis; Turkish: III. Selim; 24 December 1761 – 28 July 1808) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, he was eventually deposed and imprisoned by the Janissaries, who placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV (r. 1807–1808). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Selim III has received more than 1,096,503 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Selim III is the 383rd most popular politician (down from 373rd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 60th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Turkish Politician.

Selim III was most famous for being the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789-1807. He was known for his reforms and for his attempts to modernize the empire.

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  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Selim III ranks 383 out of 15,577. Before him are Decius, Willy Brandt, Alcibiades, Pompey, Taejo of Joseon, and Lyndon B. Johnson. After him are Malik-Shah I, Henry II of England, Mahmud I, Kangxi Emperor, Indira Gandhi, and Louis II of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Selim III ranks 2. Before him is Pope Pius VIII. After him are Marie Tussaud, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, William Carey, Jan Potocki, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Jean-Charles Pichegru, August von Kotzebue, Philippe Buonarroti, Antoine Barnave, and Sineperver Sultan. Among people deceased in 1808, Selim III ranks 1. After him are Christian VII of Denmark, Mustafa IV, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, John Dickinson, Hubert Robert, Johan Christian Fabricius, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, and Paul Wranitzky.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Selim III ranks 64 out of 1,301. Before him are Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Mustafa II (1664), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Priam (null), Saint Blaise (300), and Abdulmejid I (1823). After him are Mahmud I (1696), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Aspasia (-470), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Hipparchus (-190), and Rachel (-3500).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Selim III ranks 40. Before him are Julian (331), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Mustafa II (1664), Priam (null), and Abdulmejid I (1823). After him are Mahmud I (1696), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Osman III (1699), Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), and Alexios I Komnenos (1048).

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