The REVOLT of PATRONA HALIL
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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.