The Siege of Petrovaradin of Ottoman Empire in 1694 From The Aspect of Imre Th k ly

Studying the sources found in the countries which fell under the rule of the Ottoman Empire undoubtedly plays an important role in the development of the Ottoman historiography. Studying the Hungarian sources is important as it helps to get a picture about the situation/state of the westernmost vilayets of the Empire and the changes and the development in the policy of the central Ottoman administration towards the West. This study is based on a part of the diary of Imre Th k ly who was the king of Central Hungary appointed by Sultan Mehmed IV.The diary provides actual and detailed data about the way how the Ottoman army was driven out of Hungary after their defeat in Vienna in 1638. Imre Th k ly played a great role in the campaigns of this period, so we can get to know the military and economic situation through the point of the Kuruc general who was also the appointed king of Central Hungary in one person. An important factor in the periodization was the Ottomansí unsuccessful siege in Petrovaradin in the autumn of 1694.