MAHMUT II

MAHMOUD II

EMPEREUR DES OTTOMANS

Engraved by W. ALAIS (1785-1820)

c. 1810

24 x 15 cm.

Portrait of Mahmut II (1785-1839) on horseback…MAHMUT II was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire noted for fiscal, miltary and administrative reforms which culminated in the Decree of Tazminat…During his reign Greece gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire (recognized by the 1832 Treaty of Constantinople)…