2. OTTOMAN MILITARY Janissaries – Elite infantry Spahis – Imperial cavalry Gazis or Akinjes – Auxiliary units Military slaves

3. Spahi Horsemen

4. Janissaries with Kettle

5. Janissaries in Battle

6. OTTOMAN EMPIRE Rule of Grand Viziers or Koprulu Era (1656 – 1703)

7. Mehmed IV (“The Hunter”) 1648-87

8. Kara Mustafa Pasha

11. Vienna – September 12, 1683

12. Execution of Kara Mustafa

14. Mehmed IV (“The Hunter”) 1648-87

15. Suleyman II 1687-91

18. Ahmed II 1691-95

19. Mustafa II 1695-1703

21. Treaty of Karlowitz - 1699

22. Grand Viziers from Koprulu Family Koprulu Mehmed Pasha1656-61 Koprulu Fazil Ahmed Pasha 1661-76 Kara Mustafa Pasha1676-81 Siyavus Pasha1687-88 Koprulu Fazil Mustafa Pasha1689-91 Koprulu Huseyin Pasha 1697-1702