Decline of the Ottoman Empire
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| History of the Ottoman Empire |
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| Rise (1299–1453) | |
| Growth (1453–1683) | |
| Stagnation (1683–1827) | |
| Decline (1828–1908) | |
| Dissolution (1908–1922) | |
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Decline of the Ottoman Empire covers the military and political events between 1828 to 1908. The name of the period is based on lost/gain comparison. Empire was directly affected by Russian expansion during this time. The political rhetoric was dominated by the economical problems and results of the national uprisings. The Ottoman Empire tried to catch up to western world by passing political and administrative reformations.
Mahmud II was confronted in 1821 with a major rebellion in Greece. Following the Great Powers' intervention which resulted in the Battle of Navarino in 1827 and a Russo-Turkish War in 1828–1829, Mahmud was forced to grant Greece its independence in 1832.
Late in his reign, Mahmud became involved in disputes with his ambitious vassal Mehemet Ali, Wali (Governor) of Egypt. Mahmud had enlisted Mehemet Ali's help in suppressing the rebellion in Greece, but had not paid the promised price for his services. In 1831, the Wali declared war, and managed to take control of Syria and Arabia by war's end in 1833. In 1839, Mahmud resumed the war, hoping to recover his losses, but at the very time he died, the news was on its way to Constantinople that the empire's army had been signally defeated at Nezib by an Egyptian army led by Mehemet Ali's son, Ibrahim Pasha.
It is argued by some Marxists including Tariq Ali that the decline was in large part to the pre-capitalist relations in the country which made it fail to industrialise on the scale of other countries and hence lose its grip on the outreaches of it's empire.
Western Borders in 1801 |
Western Borders in 1856 |
san stefano-1878 |
treaty of berlin - 1885 |
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[edit] Abd-ul-Mejid I
- See: Crimean War, for the Sultan info Abd-ul-Mejid I
[edit] Abd-ul-Aziz
- See: for the Sultan info Abd-ul-Aziz
[edit] Abdul Hamit II
- See: Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878, for the Sultan info Abdul Hamid II
[edit] Mehmet V
- ! See: for the Sultan info Mehmed V
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| Rise (1299–1453) | Osman I - Orhan I - Murad I - Bayezid I - Mehmed I - Murad II - Mehmed II |
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| Growth (1453–1683) | Bayezid II - Selim I - Suleiman I - Selim II - Murad III - Mehmed III - Ahmed I - Mustafa I - Osman II - Murad IV |
| Stagnation (1683–1827) | Ibrahim I - Mehmed IV - Suleiman II - Ahmed II - Mustafa II - Ahmed III - Mahmud I - Osman III - Mustafa III - Abdul Hamid I - Selim III - Mustafa IV - Mahmud II |
| Decline (1828–1908) | ‘Abdu’l-Mijid I - ‘Abdu’l-‘Aziz - Murad V - ‘Abdu’l-Hamid II - Mehmed V |
| Dissolution (1908–1923) | Mehmed VI |
