Mahmud II, Sultan · Sultan who abolished the Janissaries

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Mahmud IIمحمود الثاني

Istanbul

The sultan who destroyed the Janissaries in 1826 and began modernising the state.

He waited eighteen years, then crushed the Janissary corps in 1826. He brought in a new army, new dress and the fez. Greece won independence, and his governor Muhammad Ali grew more powerful than he.

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Mustafa IVAbdulmejid I

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