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Campaign · 1715
Seeking to recover what had been lost at Karlowitz (1699), Grand Vizier Damad (Şehid) Ali Pasha made the Morea his first target. According to the TDV, after the Venetians harassed Ottoman merchant ships and stirred up the Montenegrins, Ahmed III charged the grand vizier with taking the Morea (8 December 1714). Ali Pasha set out by land and Grand Admiral Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha by sea with a fleet of thirty galleons and forty galleys. The land army took Kastelli, the fleet the islands of Tinos and Aegina; with the capture of Corinth, Nauplia, Argos, Lepanto and Preveza the conquest of the northern Morea was complete. In the south only Modon resisted; soon the whole peninsula, the islands of Monemvasia, Cerigo and Lefkada, and the Venetian fortresses of Souda, Spinalonga and Gramvousa on Crete were taken. Weary of Catholic Venice's pressure, the Greeks of the Morea welcomed the Ottoman return. Ali Pasha, called the “conqueror of the Morea”, returned to Edirne on 11 November 1715.
| Date | 1715 |
|---|---|
| Location | Morea (Peloponnese) |
| Result | The Morea and nearby islands were recovered from Venice; the province of the Morea was restored |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire | Republic of Venice |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Damad Ali Pasha Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha |
Took place during the reign of Ahmed III (1703–1730). Ahmed III
The atlas records this territorial change for the year:
By the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 4,783,000 km² in 1715; at the start of Ahmed III's reign they measured 4,704,000 km², at its end 4,882,000 km².
During Ahmed III (1703–1730) the atlas records 3 regions gained and 3 regions lost.
Regions gained: Azov–Kuban (1711), Morea (Peloponnese) (1715), Azerbaijan–Shirvan–Yerevan (1724).
Regions lost: Banat (Temesvár) (1716), Belgrade–Šabac (1717), Smederevo–Šumadija (1717).
The sultan of the Tulip Period: the printing press, the fire brigade, ambassadors' reports and the effort to understand the West all belong to his reign. The Morea and Azov were retaken, but the Banat and Belgrade were ceded at Passarowitz; his reign ended in a revolt.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “ŞEHİD ALİ PAŞA” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.
Cite as: Atlas of the Sultans, “Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718): Date, Commanders and Outcome”, https://padisahlaratlasi.com/en/events/ottoman-venetian-war-1714-1718/ (last updated 12 November 2026). Corrections
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