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unusual facts about Selim III


Selim III

Officers and military experts sent by the different European powers trained in Istanbul and in a number of Anatolian provincial centers.


Balyan family

Krikor died in 1831 after serving the empire during the reigns of four sultans, Abdul Hamid I (1774–1787), Selim III (1789–1807), Mustafa IV (1807–1808)), and Mahmud II (1808–1839).

Chelengk

A specially-made chelengk was awarded to Horatio Nelson by Sultan Selim III in honour of the Battle of the Nile in 1798.


see also

Mihr-i shah

Mihrişah Valide Sultan (died 1805), the Genoese consort of Ottoman sultan Mustafa III, and the mother of sultan Selim III