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. A printing press was constructed in Saint John's monastery in Khinshara, Ottoman Lebanon and started printing Christian texts in Arabic.

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