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In 1807 the House of Osman was left with only Princes Mustafa and Mahmud as heirs of Sultan Selim III...
Sultan Selim III was deposed by Janissaries the same year who installed his cousin Mustafa as Sultan Mustafa IV. However a year later upon hearing that an army is coning to reinstate Selim, Mustafa IV ordered the assassination of Selim III and Mahmud... In OTL Selim III was killed but Mahmud escaped the assassins and upon the deposition of Mustafa IV he was proclaimed Sultan Mahmud II...
WI both Selim III and Mahmud were killed? If Mustafa IV is deposed or killed by Janissaries who gets the throne since there were no male heirs left?