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Ahmed II (, 16431695 ) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695. Ahmed II was the son of Sultan Ibrahim I (1640–48) and succeeded his brother Suleiman II (1687–91) in 1691.

Ahmed II's best known act was to confirm Mustafa Köprülü as Grand Vizier . Only a few weeks after his accession the Ottoman Empire sustained a crushing defeat at the Battle Of Slankamen from the Austria ns under Margrave Louis William of Baden and was driven from Hungary . During the four years of his reign disaster followed on disaster, and in 1695 Ahmed II died, worn out by disease and sorrow.