All About Royal Families

It has been a while but I finally finished reading a book. Readers of the Allaboutroyalfamilies blog know that travels, culture, art and of course royal history interest me very much. In particular the Royal History of the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire. So, recently I had the chance to read the 'History of the Ottoman Empire', written by William Deans and published on 6 October 2014 by Didactic Press. I really like chronological written history books and this is the case with 'History of the Ottoman Empire'. The author uses a clear timeline. The Ottoman Empire was founded around 1299 and lasted till 1922/ 1923. It was one of the powerfull states with a royal on top, which were doomed after World War I.  The Onthisday posts at this Allaboutroyalfamilies blog contain often very  short biographies about the Ottoman Sultans and of course the Ottoman Empire is mentioned on the page royal families in the world.  More on this link .  Sourc...

Mustafa II was born on February 6th. 1664 at the Edirne Palace. His parents had been Sultan Mehmed IV and Valide Sultan Mah Para Ummatullah. Mustafa II - Ottoman Sultan - Source picture: Wikipedia Mustafa II became ruler of the Ottoman Empire on February 6th. 1695. On December 8th. 1703 he abdicated in favor of his brother Ahmed III. Reign Mustafa II became famous for his wars against the Habsburg Empire. In these wars the Ottoman Empire lost many of its territory inter alia: Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia. During the reign of Mustafa II, the signature of the sultan appeared for the first time on coins. At home This sultan of the Ottoman Empire married several times and had several children too. Spare time Under the pseudonym "Ikbali" Mustafa II wrote some poems. Death Mustafa II died on December 28/30 1703 at the Topkapi Palace in Constantinople (now Istanbul).