Auspicious Incident

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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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Label Occurrences
Auspicious Incident canonical 7
The Beneficial Event 1

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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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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Janissaries dissolutionEvent Auspicious Incident
Ottoman Army event Auspicious Incident
Ottoman Army disbandedUnitIn Auspicious Incident
Mahmud II notableWork Auspicious Incident
Mahmud II event Auspicious Incident
Auspicious Incident alsoKnownAs Auspicious Incident
this entity surface form: The Beneficial Event
Aga of the Janissaries abolishedAsPartOf Auspicious Incident
Janissary Agha relatedToEvent Auspicious Incident