Auspicious Incident
E103201
The Auspicious Incident was the 1826 violent suppression and abolition of the Janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, marking a major turning point in the empire’s military and administrative modernization.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Auspicious Incident canonical | 7 |
| The Beneficial Event | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T873163 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Auspicious Incident Context triple: [Janissaries, dissolutionEvent, Auspicious Incident]
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Altmark Incident
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Trial of the Twenty-One
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Auspicious Incident Target entity description: The Auspicious Incident was the 1826 violent suppression and abolition of the Janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, marking a major turning point in the empire’s military and administrative modernization.
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A.
Altmark Incident
The Altmark Incident was a 1940 World War II naval confrontation in Norwegian waters, where British forces boarded the German tanker Altmark to free imprisoned Allied sailors, heightening tensions during the early "Phoney War" period.
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B.
Tapani Incident
The Tapani Incident was a major 1915 anti-Japanese uprising in southern Taiwan, led by local religious and militia leaders, and is remembered as one of the most significant resistance movements during Japanese colonial rule.
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C.
A Hazard of New Fortunes
A Hazard of New Fortunes is an 1890 realist novel by William Dean Howells that portrays the social, economic, and cultural tensions of Gilded Age New York City through the experiences of a literary magazine’s staff.
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D.
The Chief
The Chief is the nickname of Robert Parish, a Hall of Fame NBA center best known for his long, successful tenure with the Boston Celtics and his record for most games played in league history.
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E.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
massacre ⓘ military conflict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Auspicious Incident
ⓘ
surface form:
The Beneficial Event
Vaka-i Hayriye ⓘ Vakʿa-i Hayriyye ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinTopic | pre-Tanzimat reforms ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Janissary revolt of 1826 ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| describedAs | major turning point in Ottoman history ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Ottoman chronicles
ⓘ
modern historiography ⓘ |
| followedBy |
creation of the Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye
ⓘ
establishment of a new modern army ⓘ |
| hasCause | resistance of the Janissaries to military reforms ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
abolition of the Janissary corps
ⓘ
centralization of state power in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ confiscation of Janissary properties ⓘ destruction of Janissary barracks ⓘ end of Janissaries as an institution ⓘ execution and exile of Janissaries ⓘ paving the way for Tanzimat reforms ⓘ reduction of conservative opposition to reform in the army ⓘ reorganization of the Ottoman military system ⓘ shift toward European-style military organization ⓘ strengthening of Mahmud II’s authority ⓘ weakening of the Janissary political influence ⓘ |
| hasPart | violent suppression of the Janissary corps ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Rumelia Eyalet ⓘ
surface form:
Rumelia
|
| languageOfName | Ottoman Turkish ⓘ |
| location |
Et Meydanı
ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ Sultanahmet Square ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Janissaries
ⓘ
surface form:
Janissary corps
Ottoman military reform ⓘ |
| participant |
Janissaries
ⓘ
surface form:
Janissary corps
Ottoman Army ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman imperial army
religious authorities supporting the sultan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ottoman administrative modernization
ⓘ
Nizam-i Cedid ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman military modernization
|
| pointInTime | 1826 ⓘ |
| significantEventFor | reign of Mahmud II ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Hüsrev Pasha
ⓘ
Hüsrev Pasha ⓘ
surface form:
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
Mahmud II ⓘ |
| temporalContext | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedWarfareType | artillery bombardment of Janissary barracks ⓘ |
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Subject: Auspicious Incident Description of subject: The Auspicious Incident was the 1826 violent suppression and abolition of the Janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, marking a major turning point in the empire’s military and administrative modernization.
Referenced by (8)
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