Patrona Halil by Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) oil on canvas, c 1730-1757. The lavish feasts given by Ahmed IIII incited riots. A mob uprising led by Patrona Halil, an Albanian sailor, broke out on 28 September 1730. The sultan abdicated, and his nephew, Mahmud I was installed as his successor: The bodies of those who died during the revolt are being carried away in the distance. The signature of the artist appears on the stone at the left.

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Patrona Halil by Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) oil on canvas, c 1730-1757. The lavish feasts given by Ahmed IIII incited riots. A mob uprising led by Patrona Halil, an Albanian sailor, broke out on 28 September 1730. The sultan abdicated, and his nephew, Mahmud I was installed as his successor: The bodies of those who died during the revolt are being carried away in the distance. The signature of the artist appears on the stone at the left.

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