Mahmud I

Mahmud I (Ottoman Turkish: محمود اول‎, Turkish: I. Mahmud, 2 August 1696  – 13 December 1754), known as The Hunchback, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He took over the throne after the Patrona Halil rebellion and he kept good relations with Mughal and Safavid Empires.

Mahmud I
محمود اول
Ottoman Caliph
Amir al-Mu'minin
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Kayser-i Rûm
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
24th Ottoman Sultan (Emperor)
Reign20 September 1730 – 13 December 1754
PredecessorAhmed III
SuccessorOsman III
Born2 August 1696
Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire
Died13 December 1754(1754-12-13) (aged 58)
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Tomb of Turhan Sultan, New Mosque, Istanbul
ConsortsAlicenab Kadın
Ruhşah Kadın
Fehime Kadın
Vuslat Kadın
Hatem Kadın
Verdinaz Kadın
Rami Kadın
Full name
Mahmud bin Mustafa
DynastyOttoman
FatherMustafa II
MotherSaliha Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam
Tughra

Early Life

He was born at Edirne Palace on 2 August 1696, the son of Mustafa II (1664–1703); his mother was Saliha Sabkati Valide Sultan. Mahmud I was the older brother of Osman III (1754–57). He developed a humped back.

His father Mustafa II mostly lived in Edirne. Mahmud passed his childhood in Edirne. On 18 May 1702 he started his education in Edirne. When his father deposed himself from the throne he was brought to Istanbul and locked up in Kafes where he spent 27 years of his life. [1]

It is not known what kind of culture he acquired during this time, since he continued to play chess, write poetry, and deal with music. In addition for childhood and youth, there were dangers, especially for the Kafes life. [1]

Reign

Accession

On 28 September 1730, Patrona Halil with a small group of fellow Janissaries aroused some of the citizens of Constantinople who opposed the reforms of Ahmed III.[2] Sweeping up more soldiers Halil led the riot to the Topkapı Palace and demanded the death of the grand vizer, Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha and the abdication of Ahmed III. Ahmed III acceded to the demands, had İbrahim Pasha strangled, and agreed to his nephew, Mahmud, becoming sultan.[2]

Mahmud's real reign began on 25 November 1730, after this incident. First of all, Istanbul was taken under strict control. Measures were taken. About two thousand suspicious people were captured, some were executed, some were exiled. [3]

Mahmud’s rule

Mahmud I was recognized as sultan by the mutineers as well as by court officials but for some weeks after his accession the empire was in the hands of the insurgents. Halil rode with the new sultan to the Mosque of Eyüb where the ceremony of girding Mahmud I with the Sword of Osman was performed; many of the chief officers were deposed and successors to them appointed at the dictation of the bold rebel who had served in the ranks of the Janissaries and who appeared before the sultan bare-legged and in his old uniform of a common soldier. A Greek butcher, named Yanaki, had formerly given credit to Halil and had lent him money during the three days of the insurrection. Halil showed his gratitude by compelling the Divan to make Yanaki Hospodar of Moldavia. However, Yanaki never took charge of this office.

The Khan of the Crimea assisted the Grand Vizier, the Mufti and the Aga of the Janissaries in putting down the rebellion. On 24 November 1731, Halil was strangled by the sultan's order[2] and in his presence, after a Divan in which Halil had dictated that war be declared against Russia. His Greek friend, Yanaki, and 7,000 of those who had supported him were also put to death. The jealousy which the officers of the Janissaries felt towards Halil, and their readiness to aid in his destruction, facilitated the exertions of Mahmud I's supporters in putting an end to the rebellion after it had lasted over a year.

The Austrian ambassador, who came to Istanbul in August 1740, was given a dinner in Davudpaşa. Çavuşbaşı took the ambassador and took him to his mansion prepared in Beyoğlu. On the day of the Ulufe Court, he presented his name to the Sultan. Various demonstrations were held in places where welcome and farewell ceremonies were held for the ambassador from Yeniköy Pier. [4]

The rest of Mahmud I's reign was dominated by wars in Persia, with the collapsing Safavid dynasty and the ascendance of Nader Shah. Mahmud also faced a notable war in Europe -- the Austro-Russian-Turkish War (1735-1739).

Mahmud I entrusted government to his viziers and spent much of his time composing poetry.

Fires of 1750

The fire that started at the Ayazma gate in January 1750 lasted for 19 hours. Numerous shops, houses, and mansions burned until Vefa. The sultan dismissed Boynueğri Abdullah Pasha and appointed Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha on 9 January 1750. In the second fire that broke out on 31 March 1750, Bitpazan, Abacılar, Yorgancılar, Yağlıkcılar, Haffaflar were completely burned. The fire spread to Fingerkapi and Tatlikuyu. The sultan, with the help of the treasury, repaired the burned down and Ağakapısı. [5]

Architecture

Mahmud I started the construction of the Cağaloğlu Bath, called Yeni Hamam, in the spring of 1740 on the land of Cağaloğlu Palace, which covers a large area. Foundation houses were built on the remaining empty lands and a neighborhood was established. The benevolent sultan opened the one in the courtyard of the Hagia Sophia Mosque, the first of the three libraries it established in Istanbul, with a ceremony and made four thousand volumes. In the library, Sahih-i Buharf reading of ten inhabitants every day was one of the conditions of the foundation. Mahmud also came to the Rosary Gate of Hagia Sophia several times, sat in the library and listened to the commentary of tafsir. The famine, which appeared due to the heavy winter, became heavier and heavier at the end of spring. [6]

Relations with the Mughal Empire

Nader Shah's devastating campaign against the Mughal Empire, created a void in the western frontiers of Persia, which was effectively exploited by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I, who initiated the Ottoman–Persian War (1743–46), in which the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah closely cooperated with the Ottomans and their ambassador Haji Yusuf Agha, these relations between the two empires continued until Muhammad Shah's death in 1748.[7]

Relations with Safavid Empire

In March 1741, the ambassador of Nadir Shah from Iranian government, Hacı Han, came to Istanbul with three thousand people and his guards unit to prolong the peace in between them. Among his gifts were fabrics embroidered with jewels, ten elephants, and valuable weapons. Hacı Han was given a banquet in Fener Bahçesin. It was also a problem to pass the elephants brought by hand to Istanbul, and wide shakes were laid on the barges, and wooden curtains were laid around them so that elephants could not be scared. [8]

The relations of Iran and Ottoman Empire became increasingly tense, reached a new dimension in February 1743, and Shah Safi, who was one of Shah Hussein's princes and held hostage on Chios Island, was condemned and Nader Shah's inability to complete. Sailor's head of the crest, including the personality crown, was put on destar. He was sent to the Iranian border with the troops that joined him. [9]

Family

His consorts were:[a]

  • Hace Ayşe Alicenab Kadın; Senior Consort;[10][11][12]
  • Ruhşah Kadın, Senior Consort;[13][14]
  • Fehime Kadın, Second Consort;[12]
  • Vuslat Kadın[15][12] (died 1764, buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery, Istanbul), Third Consort;[16][17]
  • Hatem Kadın[12] (died 1770, buried in Ayazma Mosque, Istanbul), Fourth Consort;[18]
  • Hace Verdinaz Kadın[15][12] (died 16 December 1804, buried in Şehzade Mosque, Istanbul), Fifth Consort;[19][20]
  • Rami Kadın,[21][22] Sixth Consort;[23][12]

Death

Mahmud I who was disturbed by fistula and during the harsh winter his health declined day by day. On Friday, 13 December 1754 he went for attending the Friday prayer. After attending the prayer he went back to his palace but in the journey he collapsed on his horse and died on the same day and was buried in his great-grandmother Turhan Sultan Mausoleum in New Mosque, at Eminönü, in Istanbul, Turkey. [24]

Notes
  1. ^
    Mahmud had five consorts in 1741, and six consorts in 1754.[25] He had four Ikbals, who were actually Kalfas, and moreover were a not a part of family, but of servants of the household.[26][27]

References
  1. Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 309.
  2. Shaw, Stanford J. and Shaw, Ezel Kural (1976) History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey, volume 1: Empire of the Gazis: the rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1280-1808 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, p. 240, ISBN 0-521-21280-4
  3. Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 311.
  4. Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 316.
  5. Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 321.
  6. Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 315.
  7. Farooqi, Naimur Rahman (1989). Mughal-Ottoman relations: a study of political & diplomatic relations between Mughal India and the Ottoman Empire, 1556-1748. Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli. ASIN: B0006ETWB8. See Google Books search.
  8. Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 317.
  9. Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 318.
  10. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 451.
  11. Uluçay 2011, p. 145.
  12. Çakmak, Abdullah (2016). 18. Yüzyılda Hayırsever Bir Padişah Kadını: Vuslat Kadın'ın Medine ve İstanbul Vakıfları. Vakıflar Dergisi. pp. 77 n. 5, 6.
  13. Fetvaci, Emine (6 February 2014). Picturing History at the Ottoman Court. Indiana University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-253-05102-8.
  14. Boyar, Ebru; Fleet, Kate (19 May 2016). Ottoman Women in Public Space. BRILL. p. 25. ISBN 978-9-004-31662-1.
  15. Necepoğlu 2002, p. 145.
  16. Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar - Volume 2. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 734. ISBN 978-9-759-76060-1.
  17. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 549-50.
  18. Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar - Volume 1. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 87. ISBN 978-9-759-76062-5.
  19. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 452.
  20. Uluçay 2011, p. 145-6.
  21. Uluçay 2011, p. 146.
  22. Kal'a & Tabakoğlu 2003, p. 267.
  23. Şapolyo 1961, p. 319.
  24. Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 323.
  25. Uluçay 2011, p. 145 n. 1.
  26. Uluçay 2011, p. 145 n. 9.
  27. Peirce 1993, p. 319 n. 143.

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Mahmud I
House of Osman
Born: 2 August 1696 Died: 13 December 1754[aged 58]
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Ahmed III		 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
20 Sep 1730 – 13 Dec 1754		 Succeeded by
Osman III
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by
Ahmed III		 Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate
20 Sep 1730 – 13 Dec 1754		 Succeeded by
Osman III
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