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Yeğen Osman rebellion (1672)
In November 1672 a mutiny led by Janissary commander Yeğen Osman erupted in Istanbul, exposing the fragility of the Ottoman central military-politica…
Timeline
- 1672Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireThe war in Great Poland drained the treasury; conflicts between Yeğen Osman and Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha over military funding, distribution of spoils, and Janissary privileges became public, and discontent spread through the capital's barracks.
- 1672Topkapı Palace district, Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireThe Janissaries gathered in protest demanding the dismissal of the grand vizier and the restoration of Yeğen Osman's authority; Sultan Mehmed IV intervened to appease them, temporarily removing Yeğen Osman from office to calm the situation, though military discontent with the center was not fundamentally resolved.
Sources
- Suraiya Faroqhi, The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It — Suraiya Faroqhi (2004)
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, s.v. Yegen Osman https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/