Mustafa II

Timeline

1. 1664–1695Edirne Palace · RumeliaBorn in the Edirne palace, son of Mehmed IV and Gülnuş Sultan, brother of Ahmed III. He received religious and calligraphic education in Edirne as a child and was circumcised in 1675 together with his brother Ahmed. After his father was deposed in 1687, he spent the war years at court until succeeding his uncle Ahmed II on 6 February 1695.
2. 1695–1699Zenta · Tisza RiverHe campaigned twice in 1695–1696, recovering Chios, taking Lipova, and defeating Habsburg forces at Lugos, Ulaş and elsewhere; meanwhile Peter I captured Azov in 1696. On his third personal campaign in 1697 he was annihilated by Prince Eugene at Zenta, with Grand Vizier Elmas Mehmed Pasha killed in action. The Peace of Karlowitz in 1699 recognized the cession of most of Hungary, Transylvania and other lands, ending the Ottoman era of expansion in Central Europe.
3. 1699–1703Edirne · RumeliaAfter the peace treaty he turned to hunting and court life while trying to reclaim administrative powers that had passed to the grand vizier, and pushed to make timars hereditary to raise cavalry loyal to himself. The plan angered military and political groups. In 1703 troops originally bound for Georgia mutinied in the capital in what is known as the Edirne Incident; he was deposed on 22 August and succeeded by his brother Ahmed III. He died on 29 December after about four months of imprisonment.