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Selim III facts for kids

Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثالث, romanized: Selim-i sâlis; Turkish: III. Selim; 24 December 1761 – 28 July 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, the Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV. Selim was subsequently killed by a group of assassins.

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Selim III was the son of Sultan Mustafa III and his wife Mihrişah Sultan. His mother Mihrişah Sultan originated in Georgia, and when she became the Valide sultan, she participated in reforming the government schools and establishing political corporations. His father Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III was very well educated and believed in the necessity of reforms. Mustafa III attempted to create a powerful army during the peacetime with professional, well-educated soldiers. This was primarily motivated by his fear of a Russian invasion. During the Russo-Turkish War, he fell ill and died of a heart attack in 1774. Sultan Mustafa was aware of the fact that a military re

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Tugras in Turkic World and Ottoman Sultan Tugras

Dr. Ercan Mensiz (MD)
www.tugra.org / tugra@tugra.org
Vector Tugra Works : Dr. Ercan Mensiz

What is a tugra?
In the old Turkish dictionary “Divanü-lügât-it-türk”, the origin of tugra is shown as –tuğrağ- but the last letter called –soft g- can not be easily pronounced in Anatolian accent and it is pervaded as tuğra. The equivalent of Turkish tugra in Persian is “nishan-sign-” and in Arabic is “tavkee-effect, order-” From the expressions in written documents we learn the presence of tugras with curves in Great and Anatolian Seljuks. But we observe their forms in Anatolian Seljuks and Ottomans. The oldest known tugra of seigniories is found on a silver coin of Ishak Beg (year 1374) (1)
Tugras passed to Memluks from Great Seljuks through Eyyubis. Although the tugras in Memluks contain the name of the sultan and his father, they present long lines instead of curves. The tugras of Memluks were pasted on documents instead of writing on the document (1).
A Tugra (or tughra) is an outstanding calligraphic imperial design, mon

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File:Tughra of Selim III.JPG

DescriptionTughra of Selim III.JPG

English: Tughra (i.e., seal or signature) of Selim III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1789-1807). An explanation of the different elements composing the tughra can be found here.

Date Published and used between 1789 and 1807 on all Ottoman official documents and coins.SourceAuthor Unknown court calligrapher.Permission
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This work first published in the Ottoman Empire is now in the public domain because the Empire's copyright formalities were not met (copyright notice, registration, and deposit), or because the copyright term (30 years after the death of the author, sometimes less) expired before the Empire was dissolved (details).