How far do you agree that the peculiar method of Ottoman succession was ultimately detrimental to Ottoman power?

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How far do you agree that the peculiar method of Ottoman succession was ultimately detrimental to Ottoman power?

Yes I agree that the peculiar method of Ottoman succession was ultimately detrimental to Ottoman power. I would define the “peculiar method” of succession as the way the sons had to fight over their father’s position of Sultan after he died, rather than the eldest son being the sultan, like the other empires at that time. This method was pretty effective at the start because it was the survival of the fittest, and therefore it was most likely that the surviving prince was the most suitable for the post of the sultan. I would also define “ultimately detrimental” as the underlying factor that caused all the other problems to arise out of the Ottoman Empire, such that it led to its eventual decline in power.

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The peculiar method of Ottoman succession was detrimental to Ottoman power because each son would gather supporters to support them throughout their provincial governorships, and this in turn meant that when the Sultan passed away, the sons would rally the people, and use them against each other, cause revolts and strikes, making the country chaotic. The consequences were even worse when one of the sons started killing their brothers/half-brothers in order to claim the throne as quickly as they could as it would cause more discontent between the people. Although the revolts did clear up by the time the new ...

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