When Sultan Ahmed II came to throne Koprulu
Mustafa Pasha was the grand vizier. He had a brilliant military career since Sultan
Suleyman II’s reign. Pasha had passed Belgrade and advanced through the River Tuna and
marched through Austria and attacked the Austrian Army. But he was ambushed and defeated
in Salakemen, he had died there because of a shot from his forehead. The war could not
have been completed and the Ottoman raids to Europe were ended. Pasha was planning to
reform the Ottoman Empire but after his death thes reformation movements were came to an
end too.
Poland was intending to recapture the capital of Podolia Kamanice invaded by the
Ottomans in 1672. But, Kahraman Pasha defended
the castle from the Polish attacks. Beside this, very successful defences were made
against the Venetian attacks. The Castle of Egriboz was defended against the Venetian
attacks but, the Castle of Sakýz was captured by the Venetians in Septamber, 21 1695.
Sultan Ahmed II was a brilliant calligrapher, that he wrote many Koran. He was
fond of poets and poetry. He died of cirrhosis in 1695. He was buried in Istanbul.
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