death_date consort birth_date signature reign father house title spouse image name caption predecessor succession signature_type successor mother religion article_title
1 july 1839 yes 20 july 1789 tugra mahmuds ii.png july , 1839 28 , 1808 & ndash ; july 1 abdülhamid i house of osman caliph the ottoman empire custodian of the two holy mosques of islam amir al-mu ` minin sultan of pertevniyal kadınefendi kameri kadınefendi mislinayab kadınefendi ebrireftar kadınefendi vuzlat kadınefendi zernigar sultan kadınefendi aşubican kadınefendi haciye hoşyar kadınefendi nurtab kadınefendi pervizifelek kadınefendi bezmiâlem perestev kadınefendi lebrizifelek hanımefendi hüsnimelek hanımefendi zeyinifelek hanımefendi tiryal hanımefendi sultan gülcemal hanımefendi nevfidan kadınefendi fatma kadınefendi alicenab mahmutii.jpg mahmud ii portrait of sultan mahmud ii in 1830 mustafa iv sultan of the ottoman empire tughra abdülmecid i nakşidil sultan sunni islam mahmud ii

mahmud ii

mahmud ii -lrb- ottoman turkish : محمود ثانى `` mahmud-u sānī '' , محمود عدلى `` mahmud-u Âdlî '' -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 20 july 1789 -- 1 july 1839 -rrb- was the 30th sultan of the ottoman empire from 1808 until his death in 1839 .
he was born in the topkapı palace , constantinople , the posthumous son of sultan abdul hamid i. his reign is recognized for the extensive administrative , military , and fiscal reforms he instituted , which culminated into the decree of tanzimat -lrb- `` reorganization '' -rrb- that was carried out by his sons abdülmecid i and abdülaziz i. often known as `` peter the great of turkey '' , mahmud 's reforms included the 1826 abolishment of the conservative janissary corps , which removed a major obstacle to his and his successors reforms in the empire .
