A group was so restless, because of
the luxurious life of the palace. They were against the life of pleasure led by Grand
Vizier Damat Ibrahim Pasha. This group was provoking against the Sultan and palace as very
bad news arrived from the Iran campaign. The yeniceris were restless, as well. The
commander of 17th troop Patrona Halil and his company had rebelled, in 25th
September 1730. The rebels started the riot from the Kasikcilar gate of the Bayezid
Mosque. The tradesmen closed their shops and joined the revolt, they freed the
prisoners and favoured by the yeniceris. The yeniceri commander Hasan Pasha attacked the
rebels but he was failed to repress the riot.
Sultan Ahmed III, asked their aim and
the rebels wanted Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha and other 37 statesmen. The leader of the
Tulip Period Ibrahim Pasha and many statesmen were executed. The rebels destroyed the city
and burnt the Sadabad Pavilion. Famous poet Nedim was killed in the revolt
too.
At last the rebels asked for the sultan’s dethroning, and Sultan Ahmed III left
the throne to his brother Mahmud, in 1st of October in 1730.
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