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OTTOMAN ARMY

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SULTAN MUSTAFA II

When Mustafa II began his reign, the Great Turkish War had been raging for over a decade and he was determined to reclaim territory that had been lost. The defeat at Zenta and death of Grand Vizier Elmas Mehmed Pasha were huge blows to his hopes as the empire receded. EMERIC THÖKÖLY

Though a Hungarian nobleman, Emeric was the leader of anti-hapsburg uprisings and prince of the Ottoman vassal state Upper Hungary. He led Ottoman cavalry at the Battle of Zenta. He lost his principali­ty and retired to an estate near Constantin­ople.

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