Ahmed II

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|- style="text-align: center;" Ahmed II (in Arabic أحمد الثانى) (February 25, 1643 – 1695) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695. Ahmed II was the son of Sultan Ibrahim I (1640–48) and succeeded his brother Suleiman II (1687–91) in 1691.

Ahmed II's best known act was to confirm Mustafa Köprülü as grand vizier. Only a few weeks after his accession the Ottoman Empire sustained a crushing defeat at the Battle of Slankamen from the Austrians under Margrave Louis William of Baden and was driven from Hungary. During the four years of his reign disaster followed on disaster, and in 1695 Ahmed II died, worn out by disease and sorrow.

	Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Click opposite to show/hide Rise (1299 – 1453) Osman I Orhan I Murad I Bayezid I Mehmed I Murad II Mehmed II Growth (1453 – 1683) Bayezid II Selim I Suleiman I Selim II Murad III Mehmed III Ahmed I Mustafa I Osman II Murad IV Stagnation (1683 – 1827) Ibrahim I Mehmed IV Suleiman II Ahmed II Mustafa II Ahmed III Mahmud I Osman III Mustafa III Abdul Hamid I Selim III Mustafa IV Mahmud II Decline (1828 – 1908) Abd-ul-Mejid I Abd-ul-Aziz Murad V Abdulhamid II Mehmed V Dissolution (1908 – 1923) Mehmed VI

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