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Vienna: A Sad Memory
On
20 Ramadan 1094 a.h. /12 September 1683, the Ottoman army was
defeated just outside the walls of Vienna, a defeat that marked a
new phase in the history of that great empire.
In
1683, the Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa marched with his army to Vienna
without informing the Sultan. In the beginning, the Ottoman troops
succeeded in gaining the battle. But later, the governor of Qirm
committed treason and allowed the European forces to pass a bridge
and attack the Ottoman troops.
In
addition, weakness began to creep into the hearts of the Ottoman
soldiers who had previously committed so many sins. Treason brought
them final defeat. Kara Mustafa executed Murad Kerai, the governor
of Qirm. Later, he himself was murdered.
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