A Secretary's Note That Green-Lit an Ottoman Purge
18th Century Ottoman Empire

A Secretary's Note That Green-Lit an Ottoman Purge

With his boss burning up in fever, a twenty-six-year-old secretary reached for his pen and rewrote Ottoman succession law in one Tuesday afternoon.

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Ottoman Empire18th CenturyDiplomacyPolitical IntrigueJean-Baptiste PeysonnelConstantinopleSultan Ahmed IIIMahmud IPatrona HalilFrench Embassy

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