Auspicious Incident

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The Auspicious Incident was the 1826 violent suppression and abolition of the Janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, marking a major turning point in the empire’s military and administrative modernization.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Auspicious Incident canonical 15
The Beneficial Event 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Beneficial Event ⓘ
linked to: Auspicious Incident

Vaka-i Hayriye ⓘ
Vakʿa-i Hayriyye ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic pre-Tanzimat reforms ⓘ
conflictWith Janissary revolt of 1826 ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
describedAs major turning point in Ottoman history ⓘ
describedBySource Ottoman chronicles ⓘ
modern historiography ⓘ
followedBy creation of the Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye ⓘ
establishment of a new modern army ⓘ
hasCause resistance of the Janissaries to military reforms ⓘ
hasEffect abolition of the Janissary corps ⓘ
centralization of state power in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
confiscation of Janissary properties ⓘ
destruction of Janissary barracks ⓘ
end of Janissaries as an institution ⓘ
execution and exile of Janissaries ⓘ
paving the way for Tanzimat reforms ⓘ
reduction of conservative opposition to reform in the army ⓘ
reorganization of the Ottoman military system ⓘ
shift toward European-style military organization ⓘ
strengthening of Mahmud II’s authority ⓘ
weakening of the Janissary political influence ⓘ
hasPart violent suppression of the Janissary corps ⓘ
historicalRegion Anatolia ⓘ
Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: Rumelia Eyalet
languageOfName Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
location Et Meydanı ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Sultanahmet Square ⓘ
mainSubject Janissary corps ⓘ
linked to: Janissaries

Ottoman military reform ⓘ
participant Janissary corps ⓘ
linked to: Janissaries

Ottoman imperial army ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Army

religious authorities supporting the sultan ⓘ
partOf Ottoman administrative modernization ⓘ
Ottoman military modernization ⓘ
linked to: Nizam-i Cedid
pointInTime 1826 ⓘ
significantEventFor reign of Mahmud II ⓘ
significantPerson Hüsrev Pasha ⓘ
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Hüsrev Pasha

Mahmud II ⓘ
temporalContext 19th century ⓘ
usedWarfareType artillery bombardment of Janissary barracks ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Janissaries → dissolutionEvent → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Ottoman Army → event → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Ottoman Army → disbandedUnitIn → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Mahmud II → notableWork → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Mahmud II → event → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Auspicious Incident → alsoKnownAs → The Beneficial Event ⓘ
linked to: Auspicious Incident
Aga of the Janissaries → abolishedAsPartOf → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Janissary Agha → relatedToEvent → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Et Meydanı → associatedWithEvent → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Vaka-i Hayriye → alsoKnownAs → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Vakʿa-i Hayriyye → hasAlternativeName → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Janissary revolt of 1826 → hasPart → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Janissary revolt of 1826 → alsoKnownAs → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Hüsrev Pasha → participantIn → Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Agha of the Janissaries → dissolvedWith → Auspicious Incident ⓘ