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Osman III

Osman III
عثمان ثالث
Caliph of Islam
Amir al-Mu'minin
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
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25th Ottoman Sultan (Emperor)
Reign 13 December 1754 – 30 October 1757 (2 years)
Predecessor Mahmud I
Successor Mustafa III
Born 2/3 January 1699
Edirne
Died 30 October 1757(1757-10-30) (aged 58)
Constantinople
Consorts Leyla Kadın
Zevki Kadın
Ferhunde Kadın
one another wife
Full name
Osman bin Mustafa
Dynasty House of Osman
Father Mustafa II
Mother Şehsuvar Sultan
Religion Sunni Islam
Tughra
Full name
Osman bin Mustafa

Osman III (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث‘Osmān-i sālis;‎ 2/3 January 1699 – 30 October 1757) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.

The younger brother of Mahmud I (1730–54) and son of Mustafa II (1695–1703) and Valide Şehsuvar Sultan, he was born at Edirne Palace.

His brief reign saw rising intolerance of non-Muslims (Christians and Jews being required to wear distinctive clothes or badges) and is also notable for a fire in Constantinople. His mother was Şehsuvar Sultan, a Serbian valide sultan.

Osman III lived most of his life as a prisoner in the palace, and as a consequence on becoming Sultan he had some behavioural peculiarities. Unlike previous Sultans, he hated music, and banished all musicians from the palace. He died at the Topkapı Palace, Constantinople.

Osman was responsible for a firman in 1757, that preserved the Status Quo of various Holy Land sites for Christians, Muslims, and Jews.



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