Selim Iii
do you know Ottoman History? Can you answer these?
Explain and analyze Ottoman reforms under Selim III and Mahmud II. Explain their differences and degree of success.
Explain and analyze the Tanzimat reforms. What were they designed to achieve? How successful were they?
The reigns of Selim III and Mahmud II saw a new trend in Ottoman reforms. Instead of frowning upon European institutions, these rulers introduced a series of measures introducing them into their domain, in Mahmud’s case by ruthless suppression of old institutions defying the sultan, thus inaugurating the practice of Ottoman Westernization. Their reforms had no doubt cut open windows on the “iron curtain” of the isolationist Islamic traditional society. Under the impact of Western influences, the traditional social fabric of the Islamic society would be challenged and sometimes distorted beyond recovery. New ideologies, new modes of statecraft and worldviews would marginalize the old ones and galvanize all who were disenfranchised or were alienated by the changes.
The reforms of Selim and Mahmud also fired the signal shot that sent the Islamic World on the inevitable racetrack of modernization, and in doing so, prolonged the life of a moribund empire. However, it is questionable whether these two despots’ fore sights were so far-reaching that they were intentionally embarking the empire on a path toward growth and prosperity. Their reforms were excessively on the field of military Westernization while economic development and the welfare of the common people were almost completely neglected. A careful examination of the socio-political climate of the time will help understanding whether these Ottoman rulers were merely continuing the patterns of the reactionary reformers of old, striving to strengthen control of the central government under the name of the sultan, thus returning the empire to its militaristic golden age, or whether they were far-reaching visionaries that brought unprecedented change to a land of obstinate conservatism.
The militaristic nature of the ruling elite entailed that it emphasized constant vigilance against foreign and heretic, rebellious enemies. This was so that the maintenance of the state was recognized as the source of prosperity and order among the subjects (reaya).
Sultan Composers – Music from Ottoman Palace ” Ey Gonca-I Nâzik” – Sultan SELİM III *1761
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