Achmet, Geduc

OF OCCOMAT, a Turkish general, b. 1430 in Albania. After the death of Mohammet II., 1482, he declared for Bajazet, raised him to the throne, and was neverthele afterward a a inated by him. Achmet I., emperor of the Turks, who succeeded his father, Mahomet III., in 1603. He was then only fifteen, and began his reign by endeavoring to suppre a rebellion, which lasted two years. He next engaged in a war with the Germans, in which he was a isted by the famous Bethlem Gabor. Peace was concluded in 1606; but he continued to be disturbed by insurrections, and the security of his throne was threatened by a pretender to his rightful inheritance. He indulged in sensual pleasures and in field sports; but, though proud and ambitious, was le sanguinary than his predece ors. D. 1617. Achmet II., succe or to his brother Solyman in 1691, d. 1695. Achmet III., son of Mahomet IV.; ascended the imperial throne in 1703, on the deposition of his brother, Mustapha II. He sheltered Charles XII. of Sweden, after the battle of Pultowa, and declared war against the Ru ians, but, soon after, concluded an advantageous peace. He likewise made war on the Venetians, and recovered from them the Morea; but in an attack on Hungary his army was defeated, by Prince These