Abdulmejid I was the thirty first sultan of the Ottoman Empire, succeeding his father Mahmud II in 1839. His greatest achievement was proclaiming the Tanzimat Edict on his accession, prepared by his foreign minister Mustafa Reshid Pasha, beginning the Tanzimat era of reorganization; a mild mannered monarch, he gave the Sublime Porte the autonomy to pursue reform projects meant to encourage a shared Ottoman identity among the empire's peoples, though the effort ultimately failed to stop rising nationalist movements. He allied with Britain and France against Russia in the Crimean War, and the 1856 Congress of Paris formally admitted the Ottoman Empire to the Concert of Europe; he died suddenly of tuberculosis and was succeeded by his half brother Abdulaziz.
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RoleOttoman Sultan (reigned 1839 to 1861). 1 BirthplaceConstantinople, Ottoman Empire 1 Death PlaceConstantinople, Ottoman Empire 1 Role
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What did Abdulmejid I promise in the edict that began the Tanzimat?
He pledged security of life, honor and property for all his subjects.
On 3 November 1839, four months after he came to the throne, Abdulmejid I proclaimed the Hatt-i Sherif of Gulhane, an imperial edict that inaugurated the Tanzimat period of reform. In it he pledged the security of life, honor and property for all the subjects of the empire. Many reforms were undertaken afterward to put the contents of the edict into practice.
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was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire
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25 April 1823
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
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25 June 1861
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
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Abdülmecid I was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Abdulmejid I: Gender
Abdulmejid I was the thirty first sultan of the Ottoman Empire, succeeding his father Mahmud II in 1839.
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Infobox: born 25 April 1823; died 1861-6-25
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