2013 Event Syria's former defense minister, Ali Habib Mahmud is reported to have defected to Turkey 1948 Death Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, assassinated 1839 Event Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey 1839 Death Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53 1826 Event Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey 1808 Event Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey 1785 Birthday Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey, 1808 - 1839, Westernizer/reformer 1754 Death Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58 1730 Event Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees 1722 Event Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia 1696 Birthday Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, fought Austria and Russia 1174 Death Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies 1075 Birthday Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist
