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AHMED II

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 431 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AHMED II  . (1643-1695),

sultan of
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Turkey, son of Sultan
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Ibrahim, succeeded his
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brother
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Suleiman II. in 169r . His chief merit was to confirm Mustafa
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Kuprili as
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grand
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vizier . But a few weeks after his accession Turkey sustained a crushing defeat at Slankamen from the Austrians under Prince Louis of Baden and was driven from Hungary; during the four years of his reign disaster followed on disaster, and in 1695 Ahmed died, worn out by disease and sorrow .

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