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Mangir - Ahmed III
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1703-1730 |
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| Currency | Kuruş (1688-1844) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | ND (1703-1730) |
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Ahmed III came to power in 1703 following the Edirne Event, a janissary revolt that deposed his brother Mustafa II. His reign coincided with the Tulip Era — a period of Ottoman cultural flourishing and Western diplomatic engagement that ended abruptly with another janissary uprising in 1730, this time forcing Ahmed's own abdication. The mangır, a low-denomination copper piece, was the workhorse of everyday bazaar transactions throughout this period.
By Ahmed III's reign the mangır had been in slow decline for over a century, progressively debased and reduced in module as the empire struggled with chronic budget pressures following the failed siege of Vienna in 1683.