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MAHMUD I . (1696—1754), See also:

sultan of See also:Turkey, was the son of Mustafa II., and succeeded his See also:uncle Ahmed III. in 1730. After the suppression of a military revolt the See also:war with See also:Persia was continued with varying success, and terminated in 1736 by a treaty of See also:peace restoring the status quo ante bellum. The next enemy whom Turkey was called upon to See also:face was kussia, later joined by See also:Austria. War went on for four years; thesuccesses gained by See also:Russia were outweighed by Austria's various reverses, terminating by the defeat of See also:Wallis at Krotzka, and the peace concluded at See also:Belgrade was a See also:triumph for See also:Turkish See also:diplomacy. The sultan, throughout desirous for peace, is said to have been much under the See also:influence of the See also:chief See also:eunuch, Haji Beshir See also:Aga. In 1754 Mahmud died of See also:heart-disease when returning from the See also:Friday service at the See also:mosque. He had a See also:passion for See also:building, to which are due numberless kiosques, where nocturnal orgies were carried on by him and his boon companions. In this reign the See also:system of appointing Phanariote Greeks to the principalities of See also:Moldavia and Wallachia was instituted.

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