Sultan Mahmud I by Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) oil on canvas c 1737. Sultan Mahmud I wears a fur-lined kaftan and a kind of turban. Mahmud was less worldly than his uncle and predecessor Ahmed II, who, after an uprising in 1731 had to step down because his extravagant lifestyle was no longer tolerated.

---

Sultan Mahmud I by Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) oil on canvas c 1737. Sultan Mahmud I wears a fur-lined kaftan and a kind of turban. Mahmud was less worldly than his uncle and predecessor Ahmed II, who, after an uprising in 1731 had to step down because his extravagant lifestyle was no longer tolerated.

---

Size: 4093px × 5124px
Location:
Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1731, 1737., ahmed, archival, archive, baptiste, canvas, empire, extravagant, fur-lined, historical, history, ii, jean, kaftan, kind, lifestyle, longer, mahmud, oil, ottoman, portrait, predecessor, step, sultan, tolerated., turban, turban., turkey, turkish, uncle, uprising, vanmour, wears, worldly