Ruler · 1785 – 1839

Mahmud II

Lived 1785 – 1839. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Empire), 1808 – 1839; also in the line of Ottoman Greece.

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Lived: 1785 – 1839; 54 years
In office: 31 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire · the 33rd of 39 dated reigns · 1299 – 1922

29 before

Abdul Hamid I1774 – 1789

Selim III1789 – 1807

Mustafa IV1807 – 1808

Mahmud II1808 – 1839

Abdülmecid I1839 – 1861

Abdulaziz1861 – 1876

Murad V1876

3 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1808 – 1839 · 31 years · came to it aged 23

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; tuberculosis

Also in the line of Ottoman Greece (25th of 25, read from the line of Ottoman Empire).

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