Osman III

Osman III عثمان ثالث
Caliph of Islam Amir al-Mu'minin Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Kayser-i Rûm Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
25th Ottoman Sultan (Emperor)
Reign	13 December 1754 – 30 October 1757
Predecessor	Mahmud I
Successor	Mustafa III
Born	2/3 January 1699 Edirne
Died	Constantinople
Consorts	Leyla Kadın Zevki Kadın Ferhunde Kadın one another wife
Full name Osman bin Mustafa
Dynasty	House of Osman
Father	Mustafa II
Mother	Şehsuvar Sultan
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Osman III (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث‎ ‘Osmān-i sālis;‎ 2/3 January 1699 – 30 October 1757) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.

Biography

The younger brother of Mahmud I (1730–54) and son of Mustafa II (1695–1703) and Valide Şehsuvar Sultan, he was born at Edirne Palace.

His brief reign saw rising intolerance of non-Muslims (Christians and Jews being required to wear distinctive clothes or badges) and is also notable for a fire in Constantinople. His mother was Şehsuvar Sultan, a Serbian valide sultan.

Audience of French ambassador Charles de Vergennes with Sultan Osman III in 1755.

Osman III lived most of his life as a prisoner in the palace, and as a consequence on becoming Sultan he had some behavioural peculiarities. Unlike previous Sultans, he hated music, and banished all musicians from the palace. He died at the Topkapı Palace, Constantinople.

Osman was responsible for a firman in 1757, that preserved the Status Quo of various Holy Land sites for Christians, Muslims, and Jews.

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Osman III House of Osman Born: 2 January 1699 Died: 30 October 1757[aged 58]
Regnal titles
Preceded by Mahmud I	Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 13 Dec 1754 – 30 Oct 1757	Succeeded by Mustafa III
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by Mahmud I	Caliph of Islam 13 Dec 1754 – 30 Oct 1757	Succeeded by Mustafa III