KARA MUSTAFA (d. 1683)  , See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• VIZIER

vizier, surnamed " Merzifunli," was a son of Uruj See also:

• BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig)

Bey, a notable Sipahi of Merzifun (Marsovan), and See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law to Ahmed See also:

• KUPRILI

Kuprili, whom he succeeded as See also:

• GRAND

grand vizier in 1676, after having for some years held the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of Kaimmakam or locum tenens . His greed and ostentation were equalled by his incapacity, and he behaved with characteristic insolence to the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign ambassadors, from whom he extorted large bribes . After conducting a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland which terminated unfortunately, he gave a ready response to the See also:

• APPEAL

appeal for aid made by the Hungarians under Imre Thokoly (q.v.) when they See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose against See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, his See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope being to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form out of the See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg dominions a Mussulman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West, of which he should be the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan . The See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was foiled-in See also:

• PART

part by his own lack of military skill, but chiefly through the heroic resistance of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna and its timely See also:

• RELIEF

relief by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Sobieski, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Poland . Kara Mustafa paid for his defeat with his See also:

• LIFE

life; he was beheaded at See also:

• BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade in 1683 and his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head was brought to the sultan on a See also:

• SILVER

silver dish . Another KARA MUSTAFA See also:

• PASHA

PASHA (d . 1643), who figures in Turkish See also:

• HISTORY

history, was by See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth a Hungarian, who was enrolled in the See also:

• JANISSARIES (corrupted from Turkish yeni cheri, new troops)

Janissaries, rose to be Kapudan Pasha under See also:

• MURAD, or AMURATH

Murad IV., and after the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• BAGDAD, or BAGHDAD

Bagdad was made grand vizier . He was severe, but just and impartial, and strove to effect necessary reforms by reducing the See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of the Janissaries, improving the coinage, and checking the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• EXPENDITURE

expenditure . But the discontent of the Janissaries led to his dismissal and See also:

• DEATH

death in 1643 .