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Accession of Selim III
- When
- 7 April 1789
- Where
- Ottoman capital where the sultan's accession took effect
Selim III succeeded his uncle Abdul Hamid I as Ottoman sultan on 7 April 1789, at the age of 27.
After Abdul Hamid's death, Selim succeeded him on 7 April 1789, at the age of 27. He was sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. The succession followed an earlier dynastic arrangement in which Sultan Mustafa III had named his son his successor, though Selim's uncle Abdul Hamid I had ascended the throne after Mustafa's death.
Sources
- Selim III Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-29
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