Poll: Best Ottoman Sultan that existed

Best Ottoman Sultan

  • Osman I (1280-1323)

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Orhan I (1323-1359)

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Murad I (1359-1389)

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Bayezid I (1389-1402)

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Mehmed I (1413-1421)

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Murad II (1421-1451)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mehmed II the Conqueror (1451-1481)

    Votes: 32 30.2%
  • Selim I (1512-1520)

    Votes: 10 9.4%
  • Suleiman I the Magnificent (1520-1566)

    Votes: 42 39.6%
  • Ahmed I (1603-1617)

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Osman II (1618-1622)

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Murad IV (1623-1640)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mustafa II (1695-1703)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mahmud I (1730-1754)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Selim III (1789-1807)

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Mahmud II (1808-1839)

    Votes: 5 4.7%
  • Abdulmecid I (1839-1861)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Abdulaziz I (1861-1876)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Abdulhamid II (1876-1909)

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Others

    Votes: 3 2.8%

  • Total voters
    106
I had long time ago made a poll who was the worst Ottoman Sultan. Now I ask thou who do you consider as the best?

Feel free to vote even if you know only a little.
 
Selim I, because the conquest of Egypt and Hejaz made the empire so much more powerful, a great power that gained control of the spice/silk trade coming from India and the Spice Islands to the mediterranean which made it extremely wealthy.
 
Least active:

- Murad V for the short rule of 93 days
- Murad III for spending 21 years mostly in his palace

Hey, Murad III might have spent most of his reign in his palace, but he still managed to meddle a great deal in running the empire.

Of course, this actually makes his chance of getting my vote fairly low.
 
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