version of events. This account, Üss-i Zafer ("Foundation of Victory"), was printed in Istanbul in 1828 and served as the main source for every other Ottoman account of this period. The incident had a negative impact on the Muslim communities in the Balkans, who lost their privileges, as rebellions broke out across Rumelia, especially in Bosnia and Albania. Taking advantage of the temporary weakness in the military position of the Ottoman Empire following the Auspicious Incident, the Russian Empire forced the Ottomans to accept the Akkerman Convention on 7 October 1826. See also Selim III Sanjak of Smederevo First Serbian Uprising Mustafa IV Halet Efendi Hursid Pasha Reşid Mehmed Pasha Muhammad Ali's seizure of power Ottoman military reform efforts Ali Pasha of Janina Mustafa Reshiti Husein Gradaščević Devşirme Notes References Goodwin, Jason (1998). Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. New York: H. Holt Kinross, Patrick (1977) The Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire London: Perennial. Shaw, Stanford J. & Shaw, Ezel Kural (1977). History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (Vol. II). New York: Cambridge University Press. Politics of the Ottoman Empire 1826 in the Ottoman Empire Reform in the Ottoman Empire June 1826 events 1826 in military history Mahmud II