Abdulmecid i biography

Abdulmecid I

Sultan Abdülmecid was born in 25th day of April, 1823.

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He is the son of Sultan Mahmud II and Bezm-i Alem Mother Sultana. Bezm-i Alem Sultana was Georgian originated. Abdulmecid, followed his fathers footsteps, he admired the western civilisation, and like his father he was a reformist.

In his 17th year, he succeeded his father Sultan Mahmud II, and, on the fourth month of his sovereign he declared the Reform Firman (Tanzimat Fermani), in Gulhane Park, Istanbul.

Abdulmecid i biography

He is known as the Sultan of the Reform Period. European historians and writers appreciate his reforms as well as his character. Sultan Abdulmecid I was a fair and graicous sovereign, but, he used to have drinking alcohol since his youth.

He died at the age of 39, because of tuberculosis. He was buried near the tomb of Sultan Selim III. When Sultan Mahmud II was in his dead bed, Kavalali Mehmet Ali Pasha (Governor of Egypt) had revolted and defeated