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Ahmed cultivated good relations with England, in view doubtless of Russia's menacing attitude. He afforded a refuge in Turkey to Charles XII of Sweden after the Swedish defeat at the hands of Peter the Great in the Battle of Poltava in 1709. Forced against his will into war with Russia, he came nearer than any Turkish sovereign before or since to breaking the power of his northern rival, whom his grand vizier Baltaji Mahommed Pasha succeeded in completely surrounding near the Pruth in 1711Events 24 February The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. John Shore invents the tuning fork Alexander Pope publishes An Essay on Criticism Ongoing events Great Northern War ( 1700-.

In the treaty which Russia was compelled to sign, the Ottoman Empire obtained the restitution of AzovAzov (city) is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia Sea of Azov is a northern section of the Black Sea Castle of Azov was a fortified city controlled by Crimean Khanate, and later by Ottoman Empire., the destruction of the forts built by Russia and the undertaking that the tsarTsar ( Bulgarian Russian often spelt Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires from 913 and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. It is derived from the Latin title Caesar. History of usage The title tsar should abstain from future interference in the affairs of the PolesThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t or the Cossacks. Discontent at the leniency of these terms was so strong at ConstantinopleConstantinople (Roman name: Constantinopolis; Greek: Konstantinoupolis or ) is the former name of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Its original name was Byzantium ( Greek: Byzantion or Bυζαντιο&nu pronounced roughly B that it nearly brought on a renewal of the war.

In 1715Events September 1 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving the throne of his exhausted and indebted country to his great-grandson Louis XV. Regent for the new, five years old monarch is Philippe d'Orleans, nephew of Louis XIV. the Morea was taken from the Venetians. This led to hostilities with Austria, in which the Ottoman Empire was unsuccessful, and Belgrade fell into the hands of Austria in 1717. Through the mediation of England and the Netherlands the peace of Passarowitz was concluded in 1718, by which Turkey retained her conquests from the Venetians, but lost Hungary.

A war with Persia terminated in disaster, leading to a revolt of the janissaries, who deposed Ahmed in September 1730. He died in captivity six years later.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica

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Ahmed IAhmed I ( April 18, 1590 November 22, 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death. He succeeded his father Mehmed III in 1603 and became the first Ottoman sultan who reached the throne before attaining his majority. He was of kind Ahmed IIAhmed II ( February 25, 1643 1695) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Ahmed was the son of Sultan Ibrahim I and succeeded his brother Suleiman II in 1691. His best known act was to confirm Mustafa Koprulu as grand vizier. Only a few weeks after his acc Ahmed IIIAhmed III ( December 30, 1637 1736) was a sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of sultan Mehmed IV. He succeeded to the throne in 1703 on the abdication of his brother Mustafa II. Ahmed cultivated good relations with England, in view doubtless of Russia Ahmed Shah MassoudAhmed Shah Massoud (c. 1953 September 9, 2001) variant transliterations include Ahmad, Masood, etc. was a Kabul University engineering student turned Afghan military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan, earning h Ahmed al-NamiFBI in the days following the attack. Ahmed al-Nami ( , also transliterated Alnami or al-Nawi (born December 1977) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines flight 93 as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. Born in Saudi Ahmed al-HaznawiFBI in the days following the attack. Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi ( Arabic: , also transliterated Alhaznawi ( October 11, 1980 September 11, 2001) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines flight 93 as part of the September 11, 2001 Ter Ahmed Yassin Ahmed H. Zewail Ahmed Ressam Ahmedabad Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Ahmed Chalabi Ahmed Best Ahmed Mohammed al Makkari Ahmednagar