Editing Selim III (section)

{{Short description|Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807}}
{{for|the Crimean khan|Selim III Giray}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Selim III
| title        = [[Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques]]<br/>Sultan of the two lands, Khagan of the two seas<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces40517.html|title=Yüzlük - Selīm III Islambol mint}}</ref>
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| more         = 
| image        = Konstantin Kapidagli 002.jpg
| alt          = 
| caption      = Portrait by [[Konstantin Kapıdağlı]], 1803
| succession   = [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] ([[Padishah]])
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| reign        = 7 April 1789 &ndash; 29 May 1807
| coronation   = 
| cor-type     = 
| predecessor  = [[Abdul Hamid I]]
| successor    = [[Mustafa IV]]
| succession2  = [[Ottoman Caliph]] (''[[Amir al-Mu'minin]]'')
| predecessor2 = Abdul Hamid I
| successor2   = Mustafa IV
| birth_date   = 24 December 1761
| birth_place  = [[Topkapı Palace]], [[Istanbul|Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1808|7|28|1761|12|24|df=y}}
| death_place  = Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
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| burial_place = [[Laleli Mosque]], Istanbul
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
*Nefizar Kadın<ref>also Nafizar, Safizar o Sefizar</ref>
*Afitab Kadın
*Zibifer Kadın
*Tabisefa Kadın
*Refet Kadın
*Nüruşems Kadın
*Hüsnümah Kadın
*Demhoş Kadın
*Gongenigar Kadın
*Mahbube Kadın
*Aynisefa Kadın
*Pakize Hanım 
*Meryem Hanım}}
| spouse-type  = Consorts
| issue        = 
| full name    = Selim bin Mustafa
| house        = [[Ottoman dynasty|Ottoman]]
| house-type   = Dynasty
| father       = [[Mustafa III]]
| mother       = [[Mihrişah Sultan (wife of Mustafa III)|Mihrişah Sultan]]
| religion     = [[Sunni Islam]]
| signature_type = [[Tughra]]
| signature    = Tughra of Selim III.JPG
}}
[[File:III. Selim.jpg|alt=Sultan|thumb|''Sultan Selim III'']]
'''Selim III''' ({{langx|ota|سليم ثالث|Selim-i sâlis}}; {{langx|tr|III. Selim}}; <span dir="ltr">24 December 1761 &ndash; 28 July 1808)</span> was the [[sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an [[Enlightened absolutism|enlightened ruler]],<ref>{{cite thesis
|url=https://doi.org/10.7916/D80Z79P1
|title=The New Order and Its Enemies: Opposition to Military Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1789 - 1807
|year=2013
|publisher=Columbia University
|doi=10.7916/D80Z79P1
|access-date=8 August 2020|last1=Ustun
|first1=Kadir
}}</ref> he was eventually deposed and imprisoned by the [[Janissaries]], who placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as [[Mustafa IV]] ({{Reign|1807|1808}}). A group of assassins subsequently killed Selim.