Great Turkish War (Principia Moderni IV Map Game)

Great Turkish War
Part of Greco-Ottoman Wars
Third Battle of Rhodes, 1642
Date July 1632 - January 1646 Location Anatolia, Aegean, Syria, Croatia Result Inconclusive Territorial changes Treaty of Vasiligrad End of the Ottoman Empire Belkan withdraw from Crete and Rhodes Rashidun withdraw from Croatia Rhodes ceded to the Caliphate Russian annexation of the ports of Antalya and Mersin
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate Emirate of Cyprus Biarchy of Krete Ottoman Empire Sultanate of Maghreb Shahdom of Iran	Tsardom of Belka Kingdom of Pontus (until 1635) Principality of Nicea  Tsardom of Russia Papal States
Commanders and leaders
Sultan Mehmed III (POW) Sultan Dawud Osman Caliph Walid Al-Hakim Caliph Khalid Al-Hajaj Ismail Pasha Musa Al-Harb Emir Amr Al-Thaleth Musa ibn Reis	Tsar Vasili

The Great Turkish War, alternatively known as the Great Crusade, the Last Crusade, or the Last Jihad, was a military conflict between the Tsardom of Belka and various Muslim powers over control of the Anatolian peninsula. The Ottoman Empire had existed as an isolated Turkish state for many years after the Mamluk and Gurkani Sultanates had been destroyed, and after 1570 had become a vassal of the Abbasid Caliphate. Belka, originally the Tsardom of Bulgaria, founded its nation on the crusader principles to liberate Europeans of Muslim domination, as the wars of Vasili the Impaler pushed the Ottomans out of Greece in the late 15th century. Although largely inconclusive, the war broke up the Ottoman Empire, as well as leaving many other lasting legacies on both Europe and the Middle East.

Background

Ottoman Rule of Eastern Europe

Ottoman-Luxembourg Wars

South Slavic Unification

Decline of Ottoman Power

Arab-Slavic Relations

First Phase: 1632-1639

Preparations for War

Initial Invasion

Administration of Nicea

Eastward Advance

Fall of Ankara

The Greater Crusade

Second Phase: 1639-1646

Rashidun Preparations

Syrian Counter-Offensive

Caucasian Campaign

Westward Advance

Battle of Antifakh

Push for Resolution

Naval Front

Ottoman Failures

Invasion of Krete

Defense of Cyprus

Rashidun Counter-Attack

Battle of Antayla

Invasion of Croatia

End of the War

Decimation of Anatolia

Treaty of Vasiligrad

Economic Failures

Significant Factors

Religious Propaganda

Military Tactics

Turkish Slavery