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Ahmed's rule saw several territorial
advances, but it was his loss of Persia that would force him down from the
throne.His reign also encouraged the
flourishing of art and literature.
BIOGRAPHY
1673 December 30: Born as son of Sultan Mehmed
4 Avci.
1703 August 22: Following the displacement of his brother,
Sultan Mustafa 2,
Ahmed becomes sultan.
1710: Ahmed declares war on Russia.
1711 July: The Ottoman troops encircle the army of Peter 1 the
Great near the Prut River, and the Russians have to agree not only to hand
Azov back to the Ottoman Empire but also to be cautious in interfering in
the affairs of the Poles and the Cossacks.
1715: Captures Morea (Peloponnese peninsula, modern Greece) from
Venice, but Austria responds by going to war against the Ottoman Empire.
1717: The Ottomans lose Belgrade to Austria.
1718: The Ottomans sign the Treaty of Passarowitz, where some new
territories are secured, but Hungary and parts of Serbia are given to the
Austrians.
1724: Turkey and Russia agree to divide much of Persia
between them, but the Persians resist.
1729- 30: The Persians drive the Ottoman troops out of Persia.
1730: A popular uprising in anger over the Ottoman defeat in Persia
led by Patrona Halil and the Janissaries
leads to the the deposition and imprisonment of Ahmed.
1736 July 1: Ahmed dies in prison.