Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Kara Mustafa Paşa

Battles of Kara Mustafa Paşa

Ottoman military leader and grand vizier (1634-1683)

Kara Mustafa Paşa is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1655 and 1683: 3 battles, 1 siege and 1 naval action across 4 present-day countries, most in Austria (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,964 km apart end to end, 491 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Cretan War of 1645-1669 (1), Polish–Ottoman War of 1683–99 (1), Great Turkish War (1).

Battle of the DardanellesBattles of Ladyzhyn (1674)Battle of PárkánySecond Turkish Siege of ViennaBattle of ViennaBattle of the DardanellesBattles of Ladyzhyn (1674)Battle of PárkánySecond Turkish Siege of ViennaBattle of ViennaAnkaraNaplesBucharestMunichSofiaBelgradeTiranaThessalonikiZagrebSarajevo500 km44.362N, 22.788E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1655: 1 engagements1674: 1 engagements1683: 3 engagements3 in 168316551683
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Dardanelles, 1655Battles of Ladyzhyn (1674), 1674Battle of Párkány, 1683Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683Battle of Vienna, 168316551683
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 June 1655Battle of the DardanellesDardanelles, TurkeyVenetian victory
1674Battles of Ladyzhyn (1674)Ladyzhyn, Ukraine995 km NFirst battle: Cossack victory; Second battle: Ottoman...
1683Battle of PárkányŠtúrovo, Slovakia785 km WChristian Coalition victory
14 July 1683Second Turkish Siege of ViennaVienna, Austria180 km WChristian coalition victory
12 September 1683Battle of ViennaKahlenberg, Austria4 km NWChristian coalition victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.