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Revolt · 1687
After the defeat at Mohács in August 1687 the troops, claiming their pay was in arrears, rose against the commander-in-chief Süleyman Pasha. Making Köprülü Mehmed Pasha's son-in-law Abaza Siyavuş Pasha grand vizier, they began to march on Istanbul to depose Mehmed IV, while the Austrians advanced unhindered into Ottoman territory. Mehmed IV had Süleyman Pasha, who had brought the seal of office to Istanbul, executed and announced his repentance, but it was too late. The resolution Siyavuş Pasha obtained at Silivri (7 November) was read the next day to the ulema and statesmen assembled in Hagia Sophia; Mehmed IV was deposed and his brother Süleyman II enthroned.
| Date | August – 8 November 1687 |
|---|---|
| Location | Hungarian front, Silivri, Istanbul |
| Result | Mehmed IV was deposed and Süleyman II enthroned (8 November 1687) |
| Belligerents | Mehmed IV | The army (troops who chose Abaza Siyavuş Pasha as grand vizier) |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Mehmed IV Süleyman Pasha | Abaza Siyavuş Pasha |
Took place during the reign of Mehmed IV (1648–1687). Mehmed IV
The atlas records this territorial change for the year:
By the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 4,835,000 km² in 1687; at the start of Mehmed IV's reign they measured 5,106,000 km², at its end 4,835,000 km².
During Mehmed IV (1648–1687) the atlas records 3 regions gained and 7 regions lost.
Regions gained: Nové Zámky (Uyvar) (1663), Crete (1669), Podolia (Kamianets) (1672).
Regions lost: Lahsa (Eastern Arabia–Qatar) (1672), Nové Zámky (Uyvar) (1685), Buda (central Hungary) (1686), Transylvania and Partium (1687), Eastern Slavonia and Syrmia (Osijek–Vukovar) (1687), Western Slavonia (Virovitica–Čazma) (1687), Morea (Peloponnese) (1687).
His reign saw both the empire's last great expansion and its heaviest reversal. The state, revived under the Köprülü viziers, lost Hungary and Transylvania within four years of the second siege of Vienna.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “Mehmed IV” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.