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Selim III

1761 - 1808

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Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثالث, romanized: Selim-i sâlis; Turkish: III. Selim; 24 December 1761 – 28 July 1808) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, he was eventually deposed and imprisoned by the Janissaries, who placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV (r. 1807–1808). A group of assassins subsequently killed Selim. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Selim III is the 597th most popular politician (down from 400th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Turkish Politician.

Selim III was most famous for being the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789-1807. He was known for his reforms and for his attempts to modernize the empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Selim III ranks 597 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis XI of France, Carloman I, Dido, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Auguste Beernaert, and Priam. After him are Louis I of Hungary, Frederick I of Prussia, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Lothair I, Mahmud I, and Rani of Jhansi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Selim III ranks 2. Before him is Pope Pius VIII. After him are Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Marie Tussaud, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Jan Potocki, Jean-Charles Pichegru, August von Kotzebue, William Carey, Philippe Buonarroti, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Smithson Tennant. Among people deceased in 1808, Selim III ranks 1. After him are Mustafa IV, Christian VII of Denmark, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, John Dickinson, Johan Christian Fabricius, Hubert Robert, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Princess Marie of Baden, and Friedrich Kasimir Medikus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Selim III ranks 77 out of 1,347. Before him are Mustafa II (1664), Şehzade Bayezid (1525), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Apollonius of Perga (-262), Orhan Pamuk (1952), and Priam (null). After him are Mahmud I (1696), Şehzade Mehmed (1522), Abdullah Öcalan (1949), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Stateira II (-346), and Valerian (200).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Selim III ranks 44. Before him are Abdulmejid I (1823), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Mustafa II (1664), Şehzade Bayezid (1525), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), and Priam (null). After him are Mahmud I (1696), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Stateira II (-346), Valerian (200), Abdülaziz (1830), and Hatice Sultan (1496).

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