TRENDEFRARAtlas of the Sultans · Wars, battles and treaties
Battle · 1673
When the Treaty of Buczacz, signed after the capture of Kamianets (1672), was not ratified by the Polish Diet, war broke out again. According to the TDV article on Khotyn, Khotyn had become a base of operations after Kamianets. In 1673 Ottoman forces under Sarı Hüseyin Pasha were at Khotyn; when the voivodes of Wallachia and Moldavia went over to the Polish side, the Ottoman army was defeated before Khotyn by the forces of the Polish hetman Jan Sobieski, and the fortress passed to the Poles (10–11 November 1673). The victory secured Sobieski's election as king of Poland. Mehmed IV had come with his army as far as Isaccea but withdrew as winter set in; the next year Crimean forces retook Khotyn. The war ended with an agreement accepted by the Polish king after fighting around Żurawno (November 1676).
| Date | 10–11 November 1673 |
|---|---|
| Location | Khotyn, on the Dniester |
| Result | The Ottoman army was defeated and Khotyn passed to the Poles; it was retaken in 1674 |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Sarı Hüseyin Pasha | Jan Sobieski |
Took place during the reign of Mehmed IV (1648–1687). Mehmed IV
Open the reign of Mehmed IV on the mapBy the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 5,060,000 km² in 1673; 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, “HOTİN” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.
Cite as: Atlas of the Sultans, “Battle of Khotyn (1673): Date, Commanders and Outcome”, https://padisahlaratlasi.com/en/events/battle-of-khotyn-1673/ (last updated 12 November 2026). Corrections