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  "ar": "عثمان الثالث",
  "en": "Osman III"
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  "ar": "عثمان الثالث، سلطان عثماني ⁦(1171-1168هـ)⁩؛ تولى في الثامنة والخمسين وبُويع في جامع أبي أيوب، وحكم ثلاث سنوات بلا حروب خارجية مهتماً بالإصلاح الداخلي وقمع الثورات، وكان يتحسس أحوال الرعية ليلاً متنكراً.",
  "en": "Osman III, Ottoman sultan (1168-1171 AH); enthroned at fifty-eight with the oath in Abu Ayyub's mosque, ruled three war-free years devoted to internal reform and suppressing revolts, said to inspect his subjects' condition in disguise at night."
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     "calendar": "julian",
     "precision": "year"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "عثمان الثالث، سلطان عثماني ⁦(١١٧١-١١٦٨هـ / ١٧٦١-١٧٥٨م)⁩، تولى الحكم وعمره ثمان وخمسون سنة، وبُويع في جامع أبي أيوب الأنصاري وهنأه سفراء أوروبا. {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p.313}\n\nحكم ثلاث سنوات فقط لم تقع فيها حروب ولا نزاعات خارجية، واهتم بالإصلاحات الداخلية وأصدر أوامر بمنع ما يخالف الشرع، وقضى على الثورات والانتفاضات في أنحاء الدولة ولا سيما ثورات الأكراد، ويذكر المؤرخون عنه أنه كان يتحسس أحوال الرعية ليلاً متنكراً. {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p.313-314}"
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   "sections": [
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     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Osman III was Ottoman sultan from 1168 to 1171 AH (1754–1757 CE). He came to the throne at fifty-eight years of age, received the oath of allegiance in the mosque of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, and was congratulated by the ambassadors of Europe. {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p.313}\n\nHe reigned only three years, in which no foreign wars or disputes occurred. He attended to internal reform, issued orders forbidding what contravened the sharia, and put down the revolts and uprisings across the state, especially the Kurdish revolts; historians relate that he would go about in disguise at night to see to the condition of his subjects. {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p.313-314}"
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    "id": "person/uthman-iii-uthmani",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "عثمان ثالث ۱۱۶۸ھ سے ۱۱۷۱ھ (۱۷۵۴ء–۱۷۵۷ء) تک عثمانی سلطان رہا۔ وہ اٹھاون سال کی عمر میں تخت پر بیٹھا، ابو ایوب انصاری کی مسجد میں بیعت لی گئی اور یورپ کے سفیروں نے مبارک باد دی۔ {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p.313}\n\nاس نے صرف تین سال حکومت کی جن میں کوئی خارجی جنگ یا تنازع نہ ہوا۔ اس نے اندرونی اصلاحات پر توجہ دی، شریعت کے خلاف امور پر پابندی کے احکام جاری کیے اور سلطنت بھر کی بغاوتیں اور بیلچے کچلے، خاص طور پر کردوں کی بغاوتیں؛ مؤرخوں کے مطابق وہ رات کو روپ بدل کر رعیت کے حالات کا جائزہ لیتا تھا۔ {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p.313-314}"
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