Mahmud II, Ottoman Emperor, 1808. Mahmud (1785-1839) became Sultan in 1808 after the overthrow of Mustafa IV. His reign saw a resumption of the programme of westernising reform begun by his cousin Selim III but interrupted when a conservative coup led to him being replaced by Mustafa. From A series of Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, 1808.
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