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Revolt · 1658
Those fleeing the harsh measures with which Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha restored central authority gathered around Abaza Hasan Pasha, governor of Aleppo. Abaza ignored the summons to the Transylvanian campaign and demanded that the sultan dismiss Köprülü; while the state's forces were in Hungary, the greatest Celali revolt in Ottoman history broke out in Anatolia. Abaza defeated the forces of Murtaza Pasha at Ilgın but withdrew to Aleppo when winter came. Losing popular support and short of supplies, his army began to melt away; he and the viziers of his entourage were killed in Aleppo in a plot. Afterwards bandits were hunted down and weapons collected in Anatolia, 80,000 muskets in all.
| Date | 1658 – 1659 |
|---|---|
| Location | Anatolia (Ilgın), Aleppo |
| Result | He defeated Murtaza Pasha, commander in Anatolia, at Ilgın; withdrawing to Aleppo for the winter, he was killed there with the viziers of his entourage in a plot (1659) |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire (Mehmed IV, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha) | Abaza Hasan Pasha and the Celalis |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Köprülü Mehmed Pasha Murtaza Pasha | Abaza Hasan Pasha |
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 5,106,000 km² in 1658; 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, “Abaza Hasan” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.