{"id":"mustafa-iii","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mustafa-iii","language":"en","name":"Mustafa III","name_en":"Mustafa III","name_ne":null,"description":"26th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757–1774)","headline":"26th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757–1774)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Mustafa III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I (1774–89). After years of confinement following his father's deposition, he became sultan in 1757. He promoted justice, economic reform, and modernized infrastructure. Admiring Frederick the Great, he aligned diplomatically with Prussia. However, his push for war with Russia in 1768 led to disaster, exposing Ottoman military weakness despite reform efforts. The war ended with major territorial losses.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 January 1717","date":"1717-01-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Edirne Palace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6092391"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"21 January 1774","date":"1774-01-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Topkapı Palace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170495"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ottoman Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12560"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"sultan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43292"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Mihrişah Sultan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2999351"},{"text":"Ayşe Adilşah Kadın","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67021237"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"sultan of the Ottoman Empire (30 October 1757 – 21 January 1774)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15315411","start":"1757-10-30","end":"1774-01-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_III","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Mustafa III born?","a":"Mustafa III was born on 28 January 1717 in Edirne Palace."},{"q":"What positions has Mustafa III held?","a":"Positions held by Mustafa III include: sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757–1774)."}],"related":[{"name":"Suleiman the Magnificent","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suleiman-the-magnificent"},{"name":"Mehmed II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehmed-ii"},{"name":"Bayezid I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bayezid-i"},{"name":"Murad II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/murad-ii"},{"name":"Ahmed I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-i"},{"name":"Murad I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/murad-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/mustafa-iii-219b05e1cd.jpg","width":500,"height":748,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Silsilename:Levni","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sultan_Mustafa_III.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Mustafa III","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_III","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q199484","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199484","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Sultan Mustafa III.jpg by Silsilename:Levni (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sultan_Mustafa_III.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Mustafa III, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Sultan Mustafa III.jpg — Silsilename:Levni, Public domain.","cite":"\"Mustafa III\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/mustafa-iii. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T01:53:01Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/mustafa-iii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/mustafa-iii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/mustafa-iii?lang=ne"}}