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Selim III
| Turkish Sultan in 1789-1807 Date of Birth: 24.12.1761 Country: Turkey |
Content:
- Biography of Selim III
- Education and Radical Transformation
- The Failure of Reforms
- Later Life and Death
Biography of Selim III
Selim III, the twenty-eighth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ascended to the throne in 1789 after Abdul Hamid I and ruled until 1807.
He was the son of Mustafa III. Selim III became the last and most consistent of a series of "traditionalist" reformers who, since the early 17th century, had attempted to save the crumbling Ottoman Empire by reviving its traditional institutions.
Education and Radical Transformation
Selim received a Western education and believed in the radical transformation of Ottoman society.
He engaged in secret correspondence with King Louis XVI of France, whom he considered an enlightened monarch. However, from the moment of his accession to the throne until 1792, Selim was unable to focus on internal reforms due to the bloo
