Ottoman Universal Empire - An Ottoman TL

Sadr-ı Azam

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On May 1, 1683 the Ottoman Empire attacked the Holy Roman Empire and besieged Vienna on July 14, 1683.

On September 6, the Polish-Lithuanian army under John III Sobieski arrived in Tulln, and united with imperial forces and additional troops from Saxony, Bavaria, Baden, Franconia and Swabia who had answered the call for a Holy League that was supported by Pope Innocent XI.

The Ottoman army totaling around 150,000 men under Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha was eventually defeated on September 11, 1683.

The main part of the Ottoman forces retreated in the Balkans.

A part of the Ottoman army under Kara Mehmed Pasha encamped in Párkány, in Hungary, where they were supported by Imre Thököly, a local ruler.

The Polish forces under John III Sobieski followed the Ottoman troops in Pakarny in order defeat them as they retreated.

After defeating the Ottomans in Párkány, the imperial forces continued their march and defeated the Ottomans multiple times,while gaining control of Ottoman territories in Hungary.

Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha was executed for failing to defend the Hungarian territories of the Ottoman Empire.

(Original History Timeline)
 

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On December 1 1683,Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha appointed Grand Vizier with extraordinary wide powers by Padishah Sultan Mehmed IV Khan.

On December 20 1683,Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha arrived Belgrade and began to military preparations for defend of Ottoman Hungary against Alliance of Holy League.

Begining Spring of 1684,At Belgrade,Grand Army of Ottoman Empire ready for defend of Ottoman Hungary against Alliance of Holy League.
(Grand Army of Ottoman Empire;20.000 Janissary,80.000 Tımariot Cavalry,300 tracks artillery,50.000 Crimean Tatar Cavalry (Under command of Khan of Crimea)
,and 20.000 infantry of principalties of Wallachia, Moldavia, Transylvania.Total 180.000 troops)

(Alternate History Timeline)
 

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Parkany and Esztergom was taken by Army of Holy Leauge in autumn of 1683.

In the spring of 1684, Army of Holy Leauge 50,000 men marched under Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, to free the city of Buda from the Turks.

On 27 June 1684,Vac was taken by Army of Holy Leauge.

On 30 June 1684,Pest was taken by Army of Holy Leauge.

Began the siege of Buda, which was defended by approximately 10,000 Turks. Army of Holy Leauge, consisting of 50,000 men, began the bombardment of Buda's fortress with 200 cannons on 14 July 1684, the anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Vienna siege.

On 19 July, the Army of Holy Leauge took control of the lower part of the town of Buda.

Throughout July and August, the german imperial army made several attempts to attack the fortress, but all were repelled by the Turkish defenders.

At the beginning of September, an german imperial general reported that the number of the soldiers fit for service had shrunk from 50,000 to 25,000, and morale was low. On 11 September, an imperial auxiliary corps reached Buda, providing new momentum to the campaign.

(Original History Timeline)

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Grand Army of Ottoman Empire under command of Grand Vizier Köprülü Mustafa Pasha began to move Belgrade to Buda for crush the Siege of Buda.

Commanders of Army of Holy Leauge deciced to break Siege of Buda and quickly retreat to Györ before the arrive of huge Ottoman Army.

On 27 September 1684,Army of Holy Leauge began retreat to Buda to Györ.(note:Györ was strategic fort near of Ottoman-Austrian border)

Grand Army of Ottoman Empire arrived Buda but Army of Holy Leauge was retreated.

Grand Army of Ottoman Empire retaken Pest after ten day siege.

Grand Vizier Köprülü Mustafa Pasha ordered to soldiers repair to walls of Buda and Pest.

Ottoman Garrisons at Buda,4000 Janissary,6000 Azab infantry 100 pieces artillery;at Pest,1000 Azab infantry.

Grand Army of Ottoman Empire back to Belgrade for to spend the winter of 1685.

(Alternate History Timeline)
 

Sadr-ı Azam

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Arrix85
Sounds good. I'll keep reading. Sounds like the Ottomans will manage to avoid the decline.
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Do you any have ideas for avoid the decline of Ottoman Empire ? :)

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Boto von Ageduch
Good idea to include details from OTL for comparison.
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İn Original History Timeline:After Battle of Vienna Ottoman Empire retreated to Belgrade under command Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha.Sultan Mehmed IV ordered to death of Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha after arrived of Belgrade.

İn this times Austrians and Allies with support of Pope create an alliance against Ottoman Empire.Holy Leauge Armies began to invasion of Ottoman Hungary.

Ottoman side;unskilled Viziers took power this times and came series of defeats Hungarian front against Austrians.
 

Sadr-ı Azam

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In 1684 mid-June, the Venetian fleet moved from the Adriatic towards the Venetian-held Ionian Islands.

The first target was the island of Lefkada (Santa Maura), which fell, after a brief siege of 16 days, on 6 August 1684.

The Venetians, aided by Greek irregulars, then crossed into the mainland and started raiding the opposite shore of Acarnania.

Most of the area was soon under Venetian control,and the fall of the forts of Preveza and Vonitsa in late September removed the last Ottoman bastions.
(Original History Timeline)
 

Sadr-ı Azam

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Year of 1685
Preparations for war continued at two sides.

Venetians at Morea
Having secured his rear during the previous year, Morosini set his sights upon the Peloponnese, where the Greeks, especially the Maniots, had begun showing signs of revolt and communicated with Morosini, promising to rise up in his aid.
Ismail Pasha, the new military commander of the Morea, learned of this and invaded the Mani peninsula with 10,000 men, reinforcing the three forts that the Ottomans already garrisoned, and compelled the Maniots to give up hostages to secure their loyalty.
As a result, the Maniots remained uncommitted when, on 25 June 1685, the Venetian army, 8,100 men strong, landed outside the former Venetian fort of Koroni and laid siege to it. The castle surrendered after 49 days, on 11 August, and the garrison was massacred. After this success, Morosini embarked his troops towards the town of Kalamata, in order to encourage the Maniots to revolt. The Venetian army, reinforced by 3,300 Saxons and under the command of General Degenfeld, defeated a Turkish force of ca. 10,000 outside Kalamata on 14 September, and by the end of the month, all of Mani and much of Messenia were under Venetian control.
(Original History Timeline)
 

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In 1686, two years after the unsuccessful siege of Buda, a renewed campaign was started to take Buda.

This time, the Holy League's army was twice as large, containing over 100,000 men, including
German,Hungarian,Croat,Dutch,English,Spanish,Czech,Italian,Burgundian,Danish and Swedish soldiers,and other Europeans as volunteers, artillerymen, and officers.By the middle of June 1686, the siege had begun.
(Original History Timeline)

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5 September 1686,Grand Army of Ottoman Empire arrived in front of the Buda.
But didn't attack Army of Holy Leauge.
Grand Vizier Köprülü Mustafa Pasha decided to encirclement the besieger of Buda.10 september,Army of Holy Leauge under siege by 150,000 fresh Ottoman troops.
Ottomans build trenches and positions against besiegers of Buda.
Besiegers of Buda was under besiege.Grand Vizier Köprülü Mustafa Pasha wants to annihilate all Austrians and allied troops and revenge of Battle of Vienna.
Commanders of Holy Leauge was shocked and morale of soldeirs fell.
Prince Eugene of Savoy attempt to splitting the siege and attacked with 40,000 troops to Ottoman trenchs and positions.
Ottoman trenchs and positions was strong,and resisted this offense of Prince Eugene of Savoy's troops and nearly to crush them.
Grand Vizier Köprülü Mustafa Pasha ordered retreat small central part of encirclement of besiegers.This blank of siege of was taken by Prince Eugene of Savoy's troops and nearly 35,000 troops passed the this blank and broke the siege.
This time main part Army of Holy League was taken walls of Buda.but inside of Buda 8,000 Ottoman troops in barricades and homes,the resistance continued and were determined to fight to the end.
Prince Eugene of Savoy's troops after passed the Ottoman trenches and positions began to quickly retreat to Györ but all sides of escape routes was kept of 50,000 Crimean Tatar Cavaly.
Blank of encirclement of Ottoman trenches and positions quickly retaken of Ottomans after the pass Prince Eugene of Savoy's troops.Khan of Crimea and his merciless army attacked Prince Eugene of Savoy's troops destoreyed the all of them.
Prince Eugene of Savoy was captured.Two day after the this assault,Grand Vizier Köprülü Mustafa Pasha ordered to the Grand Army of Ottoman Empire destroy all Army of Holy Leauge.
This time Army of Holy Leauge crushed all Ottoman resistance in Buda,but no defensive position and low moraled.
Grand Army of Ottoman Empire began to retake of Buda.
This battle is city battle.
After one day all Buda retaken all enemy troops killed.
But 5,000 Army of Holy Leauge's troops and High Commanders acrossed the river and began to runaway at the Pest side.
But Pest's sides espace routes was kept by under command of Ottoman's Hungarian Ally and Vassals 20,000 troops under commed of Imre Thököly.
He is ally of Ottoman Empire and Leader of Hungarian Uprising against Austrians.
Imre Thököly crushed that last Army of Holy Leauge's troops and captured Duke of Lorraine Commander of Army of Holy Leauge.Wars of 1685 was over on 15 November.
Grand Ottoman Army spend winter of 1687 at Buda for a possible counter offensive of Austria and allies.
(Alternate History Timeline)

Sorry for low english.
 

rad_vsovereign

Splendid! :)

Don't worry about your english. As long as it can still be understood, it's enough :)

Double encirclement huh?
But how did the Ottomans managed to besiege the besiegers? Why didn't the Holy League Army attack first?
 

Sadr-ı Azam

Banned
Morean Front

10 March 1686
Grand Vizier Mustafa Pasha sent to 40000 troops and 100 canons for retaking of Morea.

21 June 1686
Ottoman Army began to retaking of Morea from Venetians.

17 October 1686
All Venetians and allies destoreyed at Morea by Ottoman Army.But this campaign,Ottoman Army has suffered heavy losses.

Hungarian Front

20 March 1686 to 20 October 1686
Grand Army of Ottoman Empire retaken all Ottoman forts and bastions after losses of Battle of Vienna.

Austrian and allied forces retreated to pre Battle of Vienna borders.
Fort of Györ was strongly fortified.

(Alternate History Timeline)
 
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rad_vsovereign

Sadr-ı Azam said:
Morean Front

21 June 1686
Ottoman Army began to retaking of Morea from Venetians.

17 October 1686
All Venetians and allies destoreyed at Morea by Ottoman Army.But this campaign,Ottoman Army has suffered heavy losses.

(Alternate History Timeline)
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Is it plausible to retake the Morea in just 4 months?
 

Sadr-ı Azam

Banned
Campaigns of 1687

10 April
10.000 Jannisary,50.000 Tımariot Cavalry and 300 tracks artillery with 30.000 Crimean Tatar Cavalry
under command of Grand Vizier Köprülü Mustafa Pasha began to siege of Györ.

5 July
Austrian relief army crushed.

20 August
Györ captured by Ottomans.Györ's defenses destoryed.

30 September
Ottoman forces began to capturing of all Austrian's bastions of surrounding at the Györ.

20 December
Ottoman Army return to Buda.All Austrian's bastions of surrounding at the Györ destoryed.

(ATL)

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Russia declared war Ottoman Empire.

1687: On 2 May, 1687, a Russian army of about 132,000 soldiers, led by knyaz Vasily Golitsyn, left Okhtyrka on the Belgorod Line.
On 30 May they were joined by 50,000 Left Bank Cossacks under hetman Ivan Samoilovich at the mouth of the Samora River where the Dnieper turns south.
In the heat of summer, 180,000 men, 20,000 wagons and 100,000 horses set out down the east bank of the Dnieper.
The huge force, which started too late and was perhaps not well organized, could only travel about 10km per day.
When the Russians reached the Konskiye Vody river on the west-flowing part of the Dnieper, they found that the Tatars has set fire to the steppe
(they had planned to use steppe grass to feed their horses).
After a few days of marching over burnt land, their horses were exhausted, they were short of water and about 6 weeks march northeast of their goal at Perekop.
On 17 June they decided to turn back.

(OTL)

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rad_vsovereign

I guess now OE will be moving against Russia huh?
But probably it's better if OE destroyed Austria first, or have a peace with her, so OE will not be fighting in two fronts.
Btw, can OE lainch a land attach against Venice?
 

Sadr-ı Azam

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rad_vsovereign
I guess now OE will be moving against Russia huh?
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İn Original History Timeline,Russia declared war Ottoman Empire but didnt succesful.

rad_vsovereign
But probably it's better if OE destroyed Austria first, or have a peace with her, so OE will not be fighting in two fronts.
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Or,Ottoman Empire make a alliance with France.France at west,Ottoman at east agianst Austrians and Allies.

rad_vsovereign
Btw, can OE lainch a land attach against Venice?
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I am thinking Venice will be good vassal of Ottoman Empire.
 

Sadr-ı Azam

Banned
Ottoman-Franco Alliance
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On July 1684,Louis XIV de France sent envoys to Padishah Sultan Mehmed IV Khan Osmani for a make the alliance against Leopold I of Holy Roman Emperor and his allies.

On October 1684,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne and his servitors arrived Payitaht-ı Devlet-i Aliyye Osmaniye and settled in a imperial inn for non-muslim ambassadors.

After two days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne received an appointment with Reis-ül Küttab.

After three days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne met with Reis-ül Küttab and discussed about Louis XIV de France alliance proposal.

After four days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne and his servitors had dinner at Reis-ül Küttab's palace and more discussed about Louis XIV de France alliance proposal and Europe's overall status.

After six days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne and his servitors settled in a imperial pavalion at Bosphorus.

After seven days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne received an appointment with Qaim-i Makam-ı Sadaret.

After nine days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne met with Qaim-i Makam-ı Sadaret and discussed about Louis XIV de France alliance proposal.
Simon Arnauld de Pomponne presented gifts of Pas de Chef de Gouvernement to Sadr-ı Azam.

After eleven days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne and his servitors,French merchants at Payitaht-ı Devlet-i Aliyye Osmaniye had dinner and party
at Qaim-i Makam-ı Sadaret's palace and more discussed about Louis XIV de France alliance proposal,Europe's overall status and Ottoman-French trade relations.

After fifteen days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne and his servitors settled in a imperial palace at Bosphorus.Qaim-i Makam-ı Sadaret sent 1000 ducats to Simon Arnauld de Pomponne for personal expenses.

After seventeen days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne received an appointment with Reis-ül Küttab and Defterdar-ı Rumeli Reis-ül Küttab's palace for negotiations of trade agreement.

After twenty days,Reis-ül Küttab and Simon Arnauld de Pomponne signed a trade agreement between Devlet-i Alliye Osmaniyye and Royaume de France.
-All trade ports of Ottoman Empire free for French merchant ships.
-All trade ports of Kingdom of France free for Otoman merchant ships.
-Ottoman Empire agreed of French consuls's judicature legal issues of between the French citizens in Ottoman Empire.
-% 5 customs duty for French merchants.French merchants free for(outside cereal,grain,raw materials,weapons,gunpowder and other strategic goods e.t.c) imports.
-About trials the between the Frech citizens and Ottoman citizens,cases to judge the Qadis in addition to a French translator be presented.

After twentyseven days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne received an appointment with Padishah Sultan Mehmed IV Khan Osmani.

After thirty days,Simon Arnauld de Pomponne met with Padishah Sultan Mehmed IV Khan Osmani and discussed about Louis XIV de France alliance proposal.Padishah Sultan Mehmed IV Khan Osmani agreed create a alliance with Louis XIV de France.

Reis-ül Küttab and Simon Arnauld de Pomponne discussed about details of Ottoman-Franco Alliance and signed a protocol.
-An Ottoman Vizier and a French General establishment a commision at Eyalet of Girid for future war plans against Leopold I of Holy Roman Emperor and his allies.
-An Heyet-i Sefaret will sent to la Capitale de la Royaume de France.


Simon Arnauld de Pomponne is Ambassador of Kingdom of France to Ottoman Empire.
Payitaht-ı Devlet-i Aliyye Osmaniye is in english;Capital of Ottoman Empire,İstanbul,Kostantinyye or Constantinople.
Reis-ül Küttab is in english,Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Ottoman Empire.
Qaim-i Makam-ı Sadaret is in english,Governor of Grand Vizier at Capital of Ottoman Empire.When Grand Vizier outside capital,He govern on behalf of Grand Vizier.
Pas de Chef de Gouvernement is in english First Minister of Kingdom of France.
Sadr-ı Azam is in other name of Grand Vizier and is in english Prime Minister of Ottoman Empire.
Defterdar-ı Rumeli is in english Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Heyet-i Sefaret is in english Delegation of Embassy.
Devlet-i Alliye Osmaniyye is in english Ottoman Empire.
Royaume de France is in english Kingdom of France.
la Capitale de la Royaume de France is in english Capital of Kingdom of France.
Eyalet of Girid is in english State of Crete.


 
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