For about ten minutes. Austria with colonies isn't going to end well unless they fix the situation at home. And if they do that, then the colonies are all gonna want the same thing.Colonial Persia, where Austria somehow acquires it as a colony, making himself Emperor of Persia?
The Ottomans fail to conquer Hungary for some reason and Habsburgs still gain title of Duke of Burgundy and the other parts of the Burgundian inheritance. Without Hungary the Habsburg empire is divided in such a way that the Netherlands go to the Austrian Habsburgs rather than the Spanish Habsburgs. The Austrians maintain control of the Habsburg Netherlands and eventually you see the power shift from Austria to the Netherlands. The Habsburgs build a great colonial empire in South East Asia, but eventually suffer from the Dutch Disease and the empire declines until nationalism sees the political unification of Germany (including the Netherlands) under the Habsburg monarchy. The German empire conquers Persia after a war with Russia over the region. Several decades later the new German Emperor, who is a bit of an Orientalist with a love for the Achaemenid Empire decides to take the title Shahenshah.
Does he need to be male line and Catholic?
If the Ottomans take Vienna and any Hapsburg womenfolk fall into their hands, one might be sent to the Safavids as a present in some diplomatic thing. Her son by the Shah might be his successor.
Why would the Ottomans send a present to their most vile hated enemy? I mean they fought Persia almost as much as they fought the Europeans.
Its not like they killed every Persian that crossed the border to trade.
No but its also not like they where exchanging gifts with the Safavid Shah let alone giving them their valuable political prisoners.
Why would the Ottomans send a present to their most vile hated enemy? I mean they fought Persia almost as much as they fought the Europeans.
No but its also not like they where exchanging gifts with the Safavid Shah let alone giving them their valuable political prisoners.
Well on the other hand the Safavid Shahs were giving them gifts like the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, which was notably made for Tahmasp I(and by the cream of the imperial workshop at that) but then given to Selim II as a diplomatic present.No but its also not like they where exchanging gifts with the Safavid Shah let alone giving them their valuable political prisoners.