Mustafa III
Mustafa III, 1717-73, Ottoman sultan (1757-73), son of Ahmed III. He succeeded his cousin Osman III to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). The chief event of his reign was the war of 1768-74 with Russia (see Russo-Turkish Wars), which ended disastrously for Turkey (see Kuchuk Kainarji, Treaty of). His brother Abd al-Hamid I succeeded him in Jan., 1774.
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Abd al-Hamid I
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Esad Yesari
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Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji
(treaty, Russia/Turkey)
Russo-Turkish Wars
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