Editing Mahmud II (section)

===The Auspicious Incident===
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One of Mahmud II's most notable acts during his reign was the destruction of the [[Janissary]] corps in June 1826. He accomplished this with careful calculation using his recently reformed wing of the military intended to replace the Janissaries. When the Janissaries mounted a demonstration against Mahmud II's proposed military reforms, he had their barracks fired upon effectively crushing the formerly elite Ottoman troops and burned the Belgrade forest outside Istanbul to incinerate any remnants.<ref>{{Cite book|title=La Turquie et le Tanzimat|last=Engelhardt|first=Ed.|year=1882|location=Paris|page=11|publisher=A. Cotillon}}</ref><ref>A history of the Modern Middle East, Cleveland and Bunton p. 79</ref>{{full citation needed|date=March 2017}} This permitted the establishment of a European-style conscript army, recruited mainly from Turkish speakers of [[Rumelia]] and [[Asia Minor]]. Mahmud was also responsible for the subjugation of the [[Mamluk dynasty of Iraq|Iraqi Mamluks]] by [[Ali Ridha Pasha]] in 1831. He ordered the execution of the renowned [[Ali Pasha of Tepelena]]. Following the suppression of the [[Bosnian uprising (1831–1832)|Bosnian uprising]], he sent his [[Grand Vizier]] to execute the [[Bosniak]] military commander [[Husein Gradaščević]] and dissolve the [[Bosnia Eyalet]].