Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (born 1785)

Mahmud II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839

Mahmud II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms. His disbandment of the conservative Janissary Corps removed a major…