  osman iii ( âosmÄn-i sÄlis;&lrm; 2/3 january 1699 â 30 october 1757) was the sultan of the ottoman empire from 1754 to 1757. ==biography== the younger brother of mahmud i (1730â54) and son of mustafa ii (1695â1703) and valide sultan Åehsuvar sultan, he was born at edirne palace. his brief reign saw rising intolerance of non-muslims (christians and jews being required to wear distinctive clothes or badges) and is also notable for a fire in constantinople.the encyclopÃ¦dia britannica, vol.7, edited by hugh chisholm, (1911), 3; constantinople, the capital of the turkish empire...britannica, istanbul:when the republic of turkey was founded in 1923, the capital was moved to ankara, and constantinople was officially renamed istanbul in 1930. his mother was Åehsuvar sultan, a serbian valide sultan.  osman iii lived most of his life as a prisoner in the palace, and as a consequence on becoming sultan he had some behavioural peculiarities. unlike pre
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