POLITICIAN

Mahmud I

1696 - 1754

Photo of Mahmud I

Icon of person Mahmud I

Mahmud I (Ottoman Turkish: محمود اول, Turkish: I. Mahmud; 2 August 1696 – 13 December 1754), known as Mahmud the Hunchback, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He took over the throne after the quelling of the Patrona Halil rebellion. His reign was marked by wars in Persia and conflicts in Europe. He delegated government affairs to his viziers and devoted time to writing poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmud I is the 602nd most popular politician (down from 407th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 66th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Turkish Politician.

Mahmud I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He is most famous for his expansion of the Ottoman Empire, especially in Europe and the Middle East.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Mahmud I by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahmud I ranks 602 out of 19,576. Before him are Priam, Selim III, Louis I of Hungary, Frederick I of Prussia, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, and Lothair I. After him are Rani of Jhansi, Alaric I, Kim Dae-jung, Louis, Grand Dauphin, Zhou Enlai, and Philip Noel-Baker.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Mahmud I ranks 1. After him are Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Augustus III of Poland, Alphonsus Liguori, Maurice de Saxe, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Shah Jahan II, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, James Oglethorpe, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, and Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1754, Mahmud I ranks 1. After him are Abraham de Moivre, Christian Wolff, Ludvig Holberg, Henry Fielding, Maria Anna of Austria, Jacopo Riccati, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Henry Pelham, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Safdar Jang, and Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Others Born in 1696

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1754

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mahmud I ranks 78 out of 1,347. Before him are Şehzade Bayezid (1525), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Apollonius of Perga (-262), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Priam (null), and Selim III (1761). After him are Şehzade Mehmed (1522), Abdullah Öcalan (1949), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Stateira II (-346), Valerian (200), and Abdülaziz (1830).

Others born in Türkiye

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mahmud I ranks 45. Before him are Abdul Hamid I (1725), Mustafa II (1664), Şehzade Bayezid (1525), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Priam (null), and Selim III (1761). After him are Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Stateira II (-346), Valerian (200), Abdülaziz (1830), Hatice Sultan (1496), and Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224).

Turkish born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous