Mustafa III

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Mustafa III
Ottoman Caliph Amir al-Mu'minin Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah)
Reign	30 October 1757 – 21 January 1774
Predecessor	Osman III
Successor	Abdul Hamid I
Born	28 January 1717 Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire
Died	21 January 1774(1774-01-21) (aged 56) Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Laleli Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul
Consorts	Mihrişah Kadin Aynülhayat Kadın Adilşah Kadın Others
Issue Among others	Şah Sultan Selim III Beyhan Sultan Hatice Sultan
Names Mustafa bin Ahmed
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Ahmed III
Mother	Mihrişah Kadın
Religion	Sunni Islam
Tughra

Coin of Mustafa III

Mustafa III (/ˈmʊstəfə/; Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى ثالث Muṣṭafā-yi sālis; 28 January 1717 – 21 January 1774) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I (1774–89).