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Turkey: Selim III (r.1789-1807),28th Emperor of the Ottoman Empire. Oil on canvas, Mme. Duchateau (née Destours),1792.
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Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: ???? ???? Selim-i salis) (24 December 1761 – 28 or 29 July 1808) was the reform-minded Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. The Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV.