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Osman III (1699–1757) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.
Osman III lived most of his life as a prisoner in the palace, and as a consequence, he had some behavioural peculiarities when he took the throne. Unlike previous sultans, he hated music and banished all musicians from the palace.
During his reign, the changes he made in high-level government duties, especially Grand Vizier, can be considered as attempts to reduce the extremely weighted role of the charitable authority in the previous sultan's era. Osman was responsible for a firman in 1757 that preserved the Status Quo of various Holy Land sites for Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
Weight varies 0.37-0.50 g
Size varies: 15-16 mm
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Tughra in Osman III name with a lotus at right. عثمان خان بن مصطفى مظفر دائما |
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Reverse
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Arabic legend with the year of the Sultan's reign on top was replaced with Arabic letter instead of numbers and Ottoman Turkish legend "Struck in Egypt" and the accession year in Hejira (AH1168) below. ع |
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