Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Mahmud I , called the Hunchback ( Kambur ) ( August 2 , 1696 - December 13 , 1754 ) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754 .
Simplified: Ù Ø Ø Ù Ø # Ù Ù ) ( August 2 , 1696 â `` December 13 , 1754 ) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754 .