Ahmed III
Ahmed III, the twenty-third Ottoman sultan, was born in 1084/1673 and reigned from 1115/1703 to 1143/1730. His reign brought wars with Russia, Venice and Austria: the Morea was regained from Venice, and Belgrade was lost under the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718. The later years, the Age of Tulips, were marked by court pleasure, the arts and the first printing press in Istanbul, until a rising in Istanbul in 1730 forced his abdication; he died in 1149/1736.
Reign · Ottoman Empire · no. 15 in the chain · 1703–1730 CE
Ruled the caliphate
Events of the reign
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Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718
Draft card for the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718, Eugene of Savoy's war ended by the Peace of Passarowitz; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Bashkir Rebellion of 1704–1711
Draft card for the Bashkir Rebellion of 1704–1711, the rising of the Ural Muslims against Peter I; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Belgrade (1717)
Draft card for Battle of Belgrade (1717); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Chappar Chiri
Draft card for the Battle of Chappar Chiri in 1710, the Sikhs' victory over Wazir Khan of Sirhind; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Herat
Draft card for the 1729 Battle of Herat, Nader's victory over the Abdalis; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Jajau
Draft card for the Battle of Jajau in 1707, Bahadur Shah I's victory in the Mughal succession war; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Kanzhal
Draft card for the Battle of Kanzhal in 1708 in the North Caucasus; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Kazan (1708)
Draft card for the Battle of Kazan in 1708, a clash of the Bashkir rebellion against the Russians; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Meghri (1725)
Draft card for Battle of Meghri (1725); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Palkhed (1728)
Draft card for the Battle of Palkhed in 1728, Baji Rao's victory over the Nizam of Hyderabad; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Petrovaradin
Draft card for the Battle of Petrovaradin in 1716, Eugene of Savoy's victory over the Ottoman army in the Austro-Turkish war; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Romhány (1710)
Draft card for the Battle of Romhány in 1710, an action of the Ottoman–Habsburg Hungarian front; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Shakarkhelda (1724)
Draft card for Battle of Shakarkhelda (1724); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Sirhind (1710)
Draft card for the Battle of Sirhind in 1710, Banda Bahadur's capture of the city from the Mughals; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Tissa (1728)
Draft card for Battle of Tissa (1728); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Yuraktau
Draft card for the Battle of Yuraktau in 1707, the Bashkir rebels' victory over Russian forces in their uprising; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Zedavela (1724)
Draft card for Battle of Zedavela (1724); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Capture of Gibraltar
Draft card for the capture of Gibraltar in 1704, the Anglo-Dutch seizure of the Rock during the War of the Spanish Succession; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Capture of Rasht
Draft card for the Capture of Rasht in 1722–23, the Afghans' seizure of Gilan's capital after the Safavids; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Capture of Tbilisi (1723)
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Edirne Incident
In the famous "Edirne incident" of 1115/1703, Mustafa II — who held his court at Edirne — was deposed in favour of his brother Ahmed III by malcontents coming from Istanbul.
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Ottoman–Persian War of 1722–1726
Draft card for the Ottoman–Persian War of 1722–1726, the Ottoman occupation of Azerbaijan and western Iran after the Safavid fall; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
Draft card for the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War of 1714–1718, in which the Ottomans recovered the Morea; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723
Draft card for the Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723, Peter the Great's Caspian campaign after the Safavid collapse; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Serbian–Ottoman Wars
Draft card for the Serbian–Ottoman wars of 1352–1913, the centuries of Serb–Ottoman conflict; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Belgrade
Draft card for the Siege of Belgrade in 1717, Prince Eugene's capture of the city from the Ottomans; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Ceuta
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Siege of Corfu
Draft card for the Siege of Corfu in 1716, the Ottoman failure to take the island from Venice in the seventh war; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Hamadan (1724)
Draft card for Siege of Hamadan (1724); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Izvornik (1717)
Draft card for Siege of Izvornik (1717); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Khoy (1724)
Draft card for Siege of Khoy (1724); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Mehadia (1717)
Draft card for Siege of Mehadia (1717); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Morella (1707)
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Siege of Nauplia (1715)
Draft card for the Siege of Nauplia in 1715, the Ottoman recapture of the city from Venice; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Tabriz (1725)
Draft card for Siege of Tabriz (1725); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Temeşvar
Draft card for the Siege of Temeşvar in 1716, the Habsburg capture of the city from the Ottomans; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Trebinje (1716–1718)
Draft card for Siege of Trebinje (1716–1718); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Tripoli (1705)
Draft card for Siege of Tripoli (1705); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Ulcinj (1718)
Draft card for Siege of Ulcinj (1718); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Yerevan (1724)
Draft card for Siege of Yerevan (1724); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Skirmish at Bender
Draft card for the Skirmish at Bender (Kalabalik) in 1713, the Ottoman clash with the exiled Charles XII in Moldavia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Treaty of Adrianople with Russia
The Treaty of Adrianople between the Ottoman state and Russia was signed at Edirne in 1125/1713 after Dutch and English mediation; Russia ceded Azov and undertook not to interfere in Cossack affairs.
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Treaty of Passarowitz
Passarowitz, 1718 — brokered by Britain and Holland: Austria took Belgrade, most of Serbia and part of Wallachia; Venice kept Dalmatia; the Morea returned to Ottoman hands; and the Catholic clergy regained privileges that became a licence for foreign interference.
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The Treaty of Pruth and the Siege of the Russian Tsar
Pruth, 1711 — Ottoman mujahidun encircled Tsar Peter and 200,000 Russians and nearly took them; the grand vizier lifted the siege and signed the Pruth treaty surrendering Azov, and the sultan deposed him for it.