Sultan Ahmed II

Sultan Ahmad Khan II, son of Ibrahim, an Ottoman sultan. He ruled from 1102 to 1106 AH (about 1691–1694 CE). ²

He came to the throne after his brother Sulayman II in 1102 AH. Al-Salabi says that the grand vizier Mustafa Kopruluzade was martyred in his time, and that he was of great benefit to the state, and that Ali Pasha Orijji took over after him and was weak. ²

Venice occupied some islands of the Aegean Sea. The fighting did not last long in his short days, as it was skirmishing. ²

He died in 1106 AH (1694 CE), and was succeeded by his nephew Mustafa II, son of Muhammad IV. ²

The Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.), article signed R. Mantran, gives Ahmad II as the twenty-first Ottoman sultan, son of Ibrahim and Mu'azzaz Sultan. He succeeded his brother Sulayman II on 26 Ramadan 1102/23 June 1691. He confirmed the grand vizier Koprulu-zade Fazil Mustafa Pasha, who resumed the war against the Imperial Powers but was defeated and killed at Slankamen in August 1691. 'Arabaci 'Ali Pasha succeeded him and was soon replaced by Haci 'Ali Pasha, who conducted the campaign with great caution. Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha, who succeeded him, forced the Austrians to raise the siege of Belgrade in 1693, and Surmeli 'Ali Pasha, who followed, failed to take Peterwardein in 1694, while the Venetians gained Gabela in Dalmatia and the island of Chios. There were disturbances in Iraq and the Hijaz, and Tripoli and Algiers attacked the west. ³

The article describes Ahmad II as a sovereign of weak personality, continually swayed by his entourage, addicted to drink. It gives his death as 22 Jumada II 1106/6 February 1695 at Adrianople, and his burial in the türbe of Kanuni Sulayman at Istanbul. The Gregorian date here differs from the year 1694 given above, which is the year of the Hijri date as recorded by al-Salabi; the EI2 date for the same Hijri day falls in February 1695. ³