 Suleiman II | |
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| Ottoman Sultan | |
| Caliph | |
| Reigned: | Ottoman Period |
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| Full name | Suleiman II |
| Predecessor | Mehmed IV |
| Successor | Ahmed II |
| Reign | 1687–91 |
Suleiman II (April 15, 1642 – June 23, 1691) (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان ثانى Süleymān-i sānī) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691. The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with The Ottoman Caliphate was the self-declared " Caliphate " under the Ottoman Dynasty of the Ottoman Empire. Stagnation of the Ottoman Empire ( 1683 - 1827) was a period after the territorial expansion of the Empire reached its maximum Mehmed IV ( Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع Meḥmed-i rābi‘; also known as Avcı, "hunter" ( January 2, 1642 &ndash Ahmed II ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثانى Aḥmed-i sānī) ( February 25, 1643 February 6 Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Ottoman Turkish (Osmanlıca or tr ''Osmanlı Türkçesi'' Ottoman Turkish ota-Latn ''lisân-ı Osmânî'' is the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The younger brother of Mehmed IV (1648–87), Suleiman II had spent most of his life in the kafes (cage), a kind of luxurious prison for princes of the blood within the Topkapı Palace (it was designed to ensure that none could organize a rebellion). Mehmed IV ( Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع Meḥmed-i rābi‘; also known as Avcı, "hunter" ( January 2, 1642 &ndash Kafes, literally "the cage" was the part of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Palace where possible successors to the Throne were kept under The Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı or in Ottoman: طوبكابي بالاذيis a palace in Istanbul, Turkey, which was the official and
When he was approached to accept the throne after his brother's deposition in 1687, Suleiman II assumed that the delegation had come to kill him and it was only with the greatest persuasion that he could be tempted out of the palace to be ceremonially girded with the sword of the Caliphs. A caliphate (from the Arabic خلافة or khilāfa) is the political leadership of the Muslim community in classical and medieval Islamic history
Hardly able to take control of events himself, Suleiman II nevertheless made a shrewd choice by appointing Ahmed Faizil Köprülü as his Grand Vizier. Fazıl Mustafa Köprülü (1637 &ndash August 19, 1691) of the Köprülü family was the Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from Grand Vizier, in Turkish Sadr-ı Azam ( Sadrazam) or Serdar-ı Ekrem (in Ottoman Turkish: صدر اعظم or وزیر اعظم Under Köprülü's leadership the Turks halted an Austrian advance into Serbia and crushed an uprising in Bulgaria. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian During a campaign to retake eastern Hungary, Köprülü was defeated and killed by Imperial troops led by Louis William of Baden at Szlankamen in 1690. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Louis William Margrave of Baden (born April 8 1655 in Paris and died January 4 1707 at his unfinished palace in Rastatt Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. The Battle of Slankamen (also Battle of Szlankamen in some sources was fought near Slankamen (in modern-day Vojvodina, Serbia) on August Suleiman II himself died a year later.
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Suleiman II Born: April 15, 1642 Died: June 22, 1691 | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded by Mehmed IV | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Nov 8, 1687 - Jun 22, 1691 | Succeeded by Ahmed II |
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| Preceded by Mehmed IV | Caliph of Islam Nov 8, 1687 - Jun 22, 1691 | Succeeded by Ahmed II |
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