1734 in the Ottoman Empire

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Events from the year 1734 in the Ottoman Empire.

Incumbents

• Sultan – Mahmud I

Events

• 3 November – As part of the Ottoman–Persian War, Safavid Iran started laying siege to the Ottoman city of Ganja.

Full dates unknown

• Claude Alexandre, a French convert serving the Ottoman Empire, attempted to found a school to train officers in the usage of modern artillery, but the project was obstructed by intervention from the Janissary.^[1]
• A printing press was constructed in Saint John's monastery in Khinshara, Ottoman Lebanon and started printing Christian texts in Arabic.^[2]

References

1. Well-Connected Domains: Towards an Entangled Ottoman History. BRILL. 26 June 2014. p. 172. ISBN 978-90-04-27468-6.
2. Heirs of the Apostles: Studies on Arabic Christianity in Honor of Sidney H. Griffith. BRILL. 14 January 2019. p. 29. ISBN 978-90-04-38386-9.