Mustafa II
| Mustafa II مصطفى ثانى |
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| Caliph of Islam Amir al-Mu'minin Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques |
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| 22nd Ottoman Sultan (Emperor) | |||||
| Reign | February 6, 1695 – August 22, 1703 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ahmed II | ||||
| Successor | Ahmed III | ||||
| Born | February 6, 1664 | ||||
| Died | December 29/30, 1703 (aged 39) | ||||
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Saliha Sultan Şehsuvar Sultan Alicenab Kadın Afife Kadın Ivaz Kadın Bahtiyar Kadın One another wife |
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| Dynasty | House of Osman | ||||
| Father | Mehmed IV | ||||
| Mother | Emetullah Rabia Gülnûş Sultan | ||||
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| Mustafa bin Mehmed |
Mustafa II (Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى ثانى Muṣṭafā-yi sānī) (February 6, 1664 – December 29/30, 1703) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703.
He was born at Edirne Palace a son of sultan Mehmed IV (1648–87) and Mah-Para Ummatullah Rabia Gül-Nush Valide Sultan, originally named Evemia, who was of Greek Cretan descent. Mustafa II abdicated in favor of his brother Ahmed III (1703–30) in 1703.
During his reign the Great Turkish War, which had started in 1683, was still going on. After the failure of the second Siege of Vienna (1683) the Holy League had captured large parts of the Empire's territory in Europe. The Habsburg armies came as far as Nis, modern-day Serbia, before being pushed back across the Danube by 1690. Sultan Mustafa II was determined to recapture the lost territories in Hungary and therefore he personally commanded his armies.
First, the Ottoman navy recaptured the island of Chios after defeating the Venetian Fleet twice, in the Battle of the Oinousses Islands (1695) and in the Battle of Chios (1695), in February 1695. In June 1695, Mustafa II left Edirne for his first military campaign against the Habsburg Empire. By September 1695 the town of Lipova was captured. On 18 September 1695 the Venetian Navy was again defeated in the naval victory of Zeytinburnu. A few days later the Habsburg army was defeated in the Battle of Lugos. Afterwards the Ottoman Army returned to the capital. Meanwhile, the Ottoman fortress in Azov was successfully defended against the besieging Russian forces.
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