Author
Nofal, Wadah
Publication Place
Damascus, Syria -
Damascus University
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1818-5010, EISSN: 2789-6552
Record ID
cdi_emarefa_primary_1226571
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV and his Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha decided to occupy Vienna in 1683, and achieve what the greatest of the Beni Osman sultans, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, had been unable to achieve when the Ottoman Sultanate was at the height of its glory and power in 1529. Kara Mustafa Pasha marched at the head of a huge army towards Vienna, passing through Belgrade and Hungary, and laid siege to Vienna on July 14. 1683. But the strength and organization of the Ottoman army was not what it was during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and the Holy Roman Empire of the “German nation” in 1683 had more power than the Ottomans. In addition to that, Tsar Leopold I was able to forge alliances with the Pope of the Vatican, the King of Poland, John III Sobieski, and the princes of his empire, guaranteeing him military assistance in the event that the Ottomans attempted to attack the lands of the Holy Roman Empire. Indeed, this is what happened. The Christian Salvation Army was able to break the siege of Vienna, the capital of the empire, in time, and inflicted on the Ottomans a resounding defeat on September 12, 1683. The Ottoman Sultanate could not bear its obstacles, both near and far. The research followed the scientific, historical, and analytical method by collecting scientific material, focusing on German sources and references, and subjecting this information to comparison and analysis.
Görüntüle
Majallat Jāmiʻat Dimashq lil-ādāb wa-al-ʻulūm al-insānīyah, 2019, Vol.35 (1), p.217-236
