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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasja (1635 - 20 October 1676) was a great minister of the Ottoman Empire. He was the eldest son of Mehmed Pasja and his successor as a bigvizier under sultan Mehmet IV. The Ottoman Empire had worn out thirteen grandfathers for eight years, and during the reign of his father, who came from Albanian, a period of rest broke.
During his government, he conducted some successful wars against the Drues from Damascus, Austria (1663-1664), Venice (1669) and Poland (1672-1676). De vesting Kamianets-Podilskyi in Oekraine
On August 1, 1664, Raimondo Montecuccoli defeated as chief commander of an almost "European" army Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasja in the Battle of Szentgotthárd (1664), who had invaded Hungary in 1661. The war against the Elevated Ports was terminated with the Peace of Vasvár. Emperor Leopold I of Austria recognized Turkish claims on Transylvania, Hungary remained divided. The siege of Candia
In 1669, he conquered Candia on the Venetians after a 28-month siege, the longest in history. Candia was defended by Alexander du Puy-Montbrun. A battle against Jan Sobieski also became an important event. He was defeated at Lviv. In 1676 he entered Ukraine and Podolia to help the Cossacks.
Kara Mustafa was his brother-in-law, and replaced him during his field trips.
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