Today, 13 dec 1754, the 24th Ottoman sultan Mahmud I passed away 🤲🏻🤍

Mahmud was a man of good character, determination, tender, mercy, patience and forbearance. He lived for the welfare of his people, not for his own pleasure, By this way, he didn’t not repeat his father’s and uncle’s failures 🖋️

He had lessons from different teachers. He was interested in history, literature and poems. He especially studied music. Sultan Mahmud I came to the throne, when he was 35 years old, he choose valuable people of his age and appointed them 🖋️✨