Selim III
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.
| Selim III | |||||
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| Ottoman Caliph Amir al-Mu'minin Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Sultan of the two lands, Khagan of the two seas | |||||
Portrait by Konstantin Kapıdağlı, 1803 | |||||
| Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah) | |||||
| Reign | 7 April 1789 – 29 May 1807 | ||||
| Predecessor | Abdul Hamid I | ||||
| Successor | Mustafa IV | ||||
| Born | 24 December 1761 Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | 28 July 1808 (aged 46) Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Burial | Laleli Mosque, Istanbul | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Mustafa III | ||||
| Mother | Mihrişah Sultan | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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