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Tomb Of Mahmud II
The Tomb of Mahmud II is a tomb built by the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I, Abdulmecid for his father Mahmud II in Istanbul, where other sultans and members of the Ottoman dynasty, Ottoman Dynasty were later buried. Completed in 1840, the tomb is located on Divanyolu Street in the Çemberlitaş, Fatih, Çemberlitaş neighborhood of the Fatih district of Istanbul. Description and history After Mahmud II passed away in 1839, his son Abdulmecid, who succeeded him, immediately asked the architect brothers Ohannes Dadian, Ohannes Dadyan and Boğos Dadyan to build a tomb for his father. The land used for the construction of the tomb was allocated by Mahmud II's beloved sister Esma sultan, Esma Sultan. Esma Sultan had her own mansion on this land at the time. According to Can Selman, the tomb is the work of Engineer Abdulhalim Efendi, who served as the Ebniye Director for two terms. Pars tuğlacı, Pars Tuğlacı, on the other hand, claims that the work belongs to Garabed Balyan. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdülmecid I
Abdülmecid I (, ; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the rise of nationalist movements within the empire's territories. Abdülmecid's greatest achievement was the announcement of the Tanzimat Edict upon his accession, prepared by his then Foreign Minister Mustafa Reshid Pasha, which effectively began the Tanzimat era, or era of reorganization, in the Ottoman Empire. Abdülmecid was a mild-mannered monarch, giving the Sublime Porte the autonomy needed for its reform projects. One of the main goals of the Tanzimat was to encourage Ottomanism among the millets to stop rising nationalist movements within the empire, but despite new laws and reforms to integrate non-Muslims and non-Turks more thoroughly into Ottoman society, in the long term, the movement failed. Abdülmecid forged alliances with the major powers of Western Europe, namely the United Kingdom and France, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
