1. Ahmed III's mother was Gulnus Sultan, originally named Evmania Voria, who was an ethnic Greek.
17 Facts About Ahmed III
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Ahmed III succeeded to the throne in 1703 on the abdication of his brother Mustafa II.
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Grand Vizier Corlulu Ali Pasha, whom Ahmed III appointed, provided valuable assistance in administrative affairs and implemented new measures for the treasury.
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Ahmed III supported Ahmed in his struggles against rival factions and provided stability to the government.
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Ahmed III was an avid reader, skilled in calligraphy and knowledgeable on history and poetry.
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Ahmed III's father was Sultan Mehmed IV, and his mother was Gulnus Sultan, originally named Evmenia.
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Ahmed III was brought up in the imperial harem in Edirne with a traditional princely education, studying the Qur'an, the hadiths, and the fundamentals of Islamic sciences, history, poetry and music under the supervision of private tutors.
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Ahmed III was apparently curious and intellectual in nature, spending most of his time reading and practising calligraphy.
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Ahmed III cultivated good relations with France, doubtless in view of Russia's menacing attitude.
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Ahmed III afforded refuge in Ottoman territory to Charles XII of Sweden after the Swedish defeat at the hands of Peter I of Russia in the Battle of Poltava of 1709.
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Nevsehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha who was the second leading figure of the empire after Ahmed III had joined the Morea campaign in 1715, and was appointed as the city of Nish's minister of finance the following year.
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Ahmed III left the finances of the Ottoman Empire in a flourishing condition, which had remarkably been obtained without excessive taxation or extortionate procedures.
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Ahmed III was a cultivated patron of literature and art, and it was in his time that the first printing press was authorized to use either the Arabic or Turkish languages; it was set up in Istanbul, and operated by Ibrahim Muteferrika.
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Ahmed III voluntarily led his nephew Mahmud I to the seat of sovereignty and paid allegiance to him as Sultan of the Empire.
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Ahmed III is known to be the Sultan with the largest family of the Ottoman dynasty.
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Ahmed III had at least twenty-one sons, all buried, apart from the two who became Sultans, in the Yeni Cami:.
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Ahmed III was buried in his grandmother's tomb in Turhan Sultan Mausoleum in New Mosque, at Eminonu in Istanbul.