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Ottoman Imperial Standard Family tree Ottoman Empire in 1683, at the height of its territorial expansion in Europe. The sultans of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.
In September 1806, the British government pressured Sultan Selim III to expel Sebastiani, declare war on France, cede the Danubian Principalities to Russia, and surrender the Ottoman fleet, together with the forts on the Dardanelles, to the Royal Navy.
The British conducted an international anti-slavery campaign. In 1857, British pressure resulted in the Ottoman Sultan issuing a firman (decree), the Firman of 1857, that prohibited the slave trade from the Sudan to Ottoman Egypt and across the Red Sea to Ottoman Hijaz. [1]
Mahmud II (1785–1839; 30th Sultan and 23rd Ottoman Caliph: 1808–1839) Abdulmejid I (1823–1861; 31st Sultan and 24th Ottoman Caliph: 1839–1861) Murad V (1840–1904; 33rd Sultan and 26th Ottoman Caliph: 1876) Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin (1861–1915) Ahmed Nihad (1883–1954; 38th Head of the House of Osman: 1944–1954) [46]
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV attended by a eunuch and two pages. These are generally secondary titles, either lofty 'poetry' or with a message, e.g.: Mani Sultan – Manney Sultan (meaning the "Pearl of Rulers" or "Honoured Monarch") – a subsidiary title, part of the full style of the Maharaja of Travancore
late 19th century: Sir Edgar Vincent, Director-General of the Imperial Ottoman Bank; 17th century: Sir Paul Rycault - Secretary to the Ambassador and Consul in Smyrna. Thomas Dallam: organ maker; William Biddulph: Protestant chaplain in Aleppo; In 1653 the Commonwealth appointed one Richard Lawrence as agent
Abdulaziz (Ottoman Turkish: عبد العزيز, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; Turkish: Abdülaziz; 8 February 1830 – 4 June 1876) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. [1] He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdulmejid I in 1861. [3]
Sultan (سلطان) is a word of Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". By the beginning of the 16th century, the title of sultan, carried by both men and women of the Ottoman dynasty, was replacing other titles by which prominent members of the imperial family had been known (notably hatun for women and bey for men), with imperial women carrying the title of "Sultan ...