Mustafa II.

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Sultan Mustafa II

Mustafa II ( February 6, 1664 ; † 1704 ) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703 . He was a son of Mehmed IV and Emetullah (Gülnusch) .

Mustafa tried to prevent the Habsburgs from entering his empire and to recapture Hungary , but his army was defeated by Prince Eugene in 1697 in the Battle of Zenta . In 1699 he concluded the Peace of Karlowitz , in which Hungary and Transylvania fell to Austria, the Morea to the Republic of Venice and Podolia to Poland . During his reign, Peter I succeeded in conquering the Azov fortress on the Black Sea in 1697 .

1703 Mustafa II was deposed by the Janissaries and his brother Ahmed III. appointed the new sultan.

Museum reception

In the Military History Museum in Vienna is the seal of Mustafa II. Issued. It is a brass signet with a pointed oval seal area (19 × 26 mm) with the wording "Mustafa, son of Mehmed Han, always victorious" , including the year of the accession to the throne "1106 (the Hejra )" (according to the Christian calendar that Year 1695). The sultan's seal can be seen together with a second seal of a certain Ismail and a red silk, gold embroidered sack. In the campaign of 1697 ( Great Turkish War ) - as is customary in the Turkish army - the seal was given to the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Vizier Elmas Mehmed Pasa, who had to carry it with him at all times. The Grand Vizier was killed in the Battle of Zenta , the seal was captured from Prince Eugene of Savoy , who presented it as a trophy to Emperor Leopold I , and subsequently it was handed over to the Army Museum by the Imperial and Royal Treasury .

literature

  • Ferenc Majoros, Bernd Rill: The Ottoman Empire 1300-1922. The story of a great power . Marix, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-25-8 .
  • Josef Matuz: The Ottoman Empire. Baseline of its history . 4th edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 3-534-20020-9 .
  • Nicolae Iorga : History of the Ottoman Empire. Depicted according to the sources. 5 volumes, Verlag Perthes, Gotha 1908–1913, reprinted Frankfurt / Main 1990.
  • Gabriel Effendi Noradounghian : Recueil d'actes internationaux de l'Empire Ottoman 1300–1789. Tome I. Paris, Neufchâtel 1897. Reprint: Kraus, Nendeln 1978, ISBN 3-262-00527-4 .

Web links

Commons : Mustafa II  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher (ed.): The Army History Museum in Vienna. Graz, Vienna 2000 p. 17.
  2. ↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Hall I - From the beginnings of the standing army to the end of the 17th century, Salzburg 1982 p. 64.
predecessor Office successor
Ahmed II Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire
1695–1703 		Ahmed III.
personal data
SURNAME Mustafa II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1695–1703)
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1664
DATE OF DEATH 1704