Osman III

عثمان الثالث

1699 CE · 1110 AH† – 1757 CE · 1170 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Edirne → Istanbul

Osman III, Ottoman sultan (1168-1171 AH); enthroned at fifty-eight with the oath in Abu Ayyub's mosque, ruled three war-free years devoted to internal reform and suppressing revolts, said to inspect his subjects' condition in disguise at night.

Depth

At a glance

Roles: sultan · Caliph
Era: The Gunpowder Empires
Region: Anatolia
Identifiers: Wikidata

Life in time

The Colonial Era · The Gunpowder Empires Contemporaries: Abbas al-Musawi al-Makki · Abdallah al-Shabrawi · Abdallah al-Suwaydi · Ebubekir Aga · Ahmad ibn Abdallah Ba'li

In space

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

Place in the story

RulertowardOttoman Empire · 1754 CE · 1167 AH† – 1757 CE · 1170 AH†Historical

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Osman III was Ottoman sultan from 1168 to 1171 AH (1754–1757 CE). He came to the throne at fifty-eight years of age, received the oath of allegiance in the mosque of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may God be pleased with him), and was congratulated by the ambassadors of Europe. ¹

He reigned only three years, in which no foreign wars or disputes occurred. He attended to internal reform, issued orders forbidding what contravened the sharia, and put down the revolts and uprisings across the state, especially the Kurdish revolts; historians relate that he would go about in disguise at night to see to the condition of his subjects. ²