(10) of sultan ibrahim the first handing the throne over to his six-year-old son mehmed iv sultan mehmed iv the second longest reigning ruler of the empire ushered in a period of short-lived improvement bringing about heightened expansions in europe the ottomans managed successful campaigns against the adversaries such as venice transylvania poland and even russia nevertheless at
the battle of vienna in against the polish lithuanian troops and their allies the ottomans suffered a devastating defeat which marked merely the beginning of the great turkish war against the holy league only a few years later sultan mehmed and his men faced another crushing blow at the second battle of mohawk undergoing both a loss to their opponents and a mutiny from within as a consequence it was
decided in november of that sultan mehmed iv would be ousted and replaced by his brother sulliman ii with the mutiny that raised suleiman ii to the throne still carrying on the ottomans made a hasty attempt to fight back against the holy league despite losing support of the crimean vassals who now had to defend themselves against a russian invasion even so the turks were able to gain temporary victory as they recaptured belgrade and niche in despite a request for support being denied in by the magal
emperor aaron zeb the ottomans put a stop to the austrian invasion of serbia as well as a revolt coming from macedonia and bulgaria sullivan's luck remained even after his own passing in june of until the death of his grand vizier cup ruling fazil mustafa pasha at the battle of slan kamen against the austrians in before his death the grand vizier had helped to establish tax reforms and contribute to the improved treatment of christians under ottoman dominion having taken the title of sultan and responsibility of
facing their opponents at the battle of slaan kamen ahmed ii was immediately met with major losses of territory caused by austrians and venetians over the next few years the new sultan was never able to show complete independence of his command and was heavily reliant on his advisors throughout his time dealing with the holy league and newfound disturbances in the provinces of levant after a short and rather mediocre reign sultan ahmed ii's death in at the age of led to mustafa ii son of mehmed iv being perched to round out the th century as sultan as the great turkish war continued sultan mustafa ii
led the empire to both victory and defeat ending with the signing of two peace treaties in and first came the treaty of karla vitz drastically cutting the ottoman influence in the balkans and handing predominant power in the region over to austria the following summer the treaty of constantinople was signed between the ottoman turks and russia confirming russia's capture of azov and ending the th century hostilities between the powers with these compromises established sultan mustafa ii would remain on the throne for another three years to come the th century was different for the ottomans if previously we
discussed the expansion of this important empire between to the ottomans experienced a lot of political turmoil and internal crisis which led to instability and lost wars from now on the ottomans will focus far less on conquests and more on protecting their borders the s in the ottoman empire marked a time of reform adaptation and often on war with european powers most notably russia the empire that had previously been focused heavily on outward expansion was now faced with resolving internal issues and defending its possessions from new expansionist powers new allies new enemies and new challenges
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