TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Wars, battles and treaties
Revolt · 1876
In 1875 new revolutionary committees had been founded with the help of the Russian consuls in Plovdiv and Ruse. The weakness of the local administration allowed a great uprising to break out in April 1876; Turkish villages and towns were burned and Muslims massacred. Because Grand Vizier Mahmud Nedim Pasha followed the advice of the Russian ambassador Ignatiev, suppression was delayed; in the end the uprising was put down with great difficulty by a force of 18,000 men. What happened during the suppression turned European opinion sharply against the Ottomans, and the Bulgarian question became decisive on the road to the war of 1877–78.
| Date | April 1876 |
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| Location | Bulgaria |
| Result | Suppressed with great difficulty by a force of 18,000 men; it caused an outcry in Europe and hastened the road to the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877–78 |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire (Abdülaziz) | Bulgarian insurgents |
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Took place during the reign of Abdulaziz (1861–1876). Abdulaziz
Open the reign of Abdulaziz on the mapBy the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 4,123,000 km² in 1876; at the start of Abdulaziz's reign they measured 3,803,000 km², at its end 4,123,000 km².
During Abdulaziz (1861–1876) the atlas records 2 regions gained and 0 regions lost.
Regions gained: Lahsa (Eastern Arabia–Qatar) (1871), Yemen–Asir (1872).
He expanded the navy and the railways and founded modern judicial and educational institutions; he reattached Lahsa and Yemen. But these investments were made on credit; in 1875 the state declared it could not pay its debts, and a year later he was deposed in a coup.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “Bulgaristan” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.