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Osman III

Ottoman Sultan

Caliph

Reigned: Ottoman Period

Full name Osman III

Predecessor Mahmud I

Successor Mustafa III

Reign 1754–57

Osman III
Ottoman Sultan
Caliph
Reigned:	Ottoman Period

Full name	Osman III
Predecessor	Mahmud I
Successor	Mustafa III
Reign	1754–57

Osman III or Othman III¹ (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث ‘Osmān-i sālis) (January 2/3, 1699 – January 30/October 30, 1757) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.²

The younger brother of Mahmud I (1730–54) and son of Mustafa II (1695–1703) and Valide Sultan (1730) Saliha Sabkati, tr:Saliha Sultan, born at Edirne Palace, Osman III was a generally insignificant prince. His brief reign is notable for a rising intolerance of non-Muslims (Christians and Jews being required to wear distinctive clothes or badges) and for a fire in Istanbul.

Osman III lived most of his life as a prisoner in the Palace, and so upon becoming Sultan he had some behavioral peculiarities. Unlike previous Sultans, he hated music, and sent all musicians out of the palace. Also living in the "kafes", the palace prison in the "harem" which was the part of the palace containing women's quarters, he grew a dislike for women's companionship. Therefore he would wear iron shoes in order to not cross paths with any women, and by wearing such shoes they could hear him approach and disperse. He died at Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. He married Layla, without issue.

References

^ Rosse; J. Willoughby Rosse, John Blair (1859). An Index of Dates: Comprehending the Principal Facts in the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest to the Present Time. Original from Harvard University: H. G. Bohn, Page 654. Text not available
^ Constable and co, ltd (1829). Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications, CHAPTER XV OTHMAN III TWENTY FIFTH REIGN H 1168 A.D. 1754. Original from Oxford University: Constable and co, ltd, Page 260.

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

v • d • e Sultans of the Ottoman Empire by era

Rise (1299–1453)	Osman I · Orhan I · Murad I · Bayezid I · Mehmed I · Murad II · Mehmed II

Growth (1453–1683)	Bayezid II · Selim I · Suleiman I · Selim II · Murad III · Mehmed III · Ahmed I · Mustafa I · Osman II · Murad IV · Ibrahim I · Mehmed IV

Stagnation (1683–1827)	Suleiman II · Ahmed II · Mustafa II · Ahmed III · Mahmud I · Osman III · Mustafa III · Abdul Hamid I · Selim III · Mustafa IV · Mahmud II

Decline (1828–1908)	Abdülmecid I · Abdülaziz · Murad V · Abdul Hamid II

Dissolution (1908–1923)	Mehmed V · Mehmed VI

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