TRENDEFRARAtlas of the Sultans · Wars, battles and treaties
Campaign · 1685
Venice, having joined the Holy League formed after the second siege of Vienna, turned on the Morea. According to the TDV article on the Morea, in the wars of 1684–1686 a large fleet under Francesco Morosini landed in the Morea, took the whole peninsula and made it a Venetian province. The war caused heavy losses on both sides, and most Muslim buildings were destroyed. The Muslim population of the region was wiped off the map: some were killed, some fled to Rumelia and some were sent to Anatolia. After the Ottoman withdrawal came famine, plague and chaos; of the 2,115 villages existing before 1684, 656 lay in ruins. The Morea was ceded to Venice by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 and recovered in 1715.
| Date | 1684–1686 |
|---|---|
| Location | Morea (Peloponnese) |
| Result | The whole peninsula fell to Venice; ceded to Venice at Karlowitz (1699) |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire | Republic of Venice |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Francesco Morosini |
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 5,054,000 km² in 1685; 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, “MORA” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.
Cite as: Atlas of the Sultans, “Morean War (1685): Date, Commanders and Outcome”, https://padisahlaratlasi.com/en/events/morean-war/ (last updated 12 November 2026). Corrections