Gubitak Niša 1689. i osmanska diplomatija

Abstract

Pad Niša je bio značajan jer su u isto vreme trajali pregovori u Beču između članica Svete lige i Osmanskog carstva. Na taj način je vojni poraz direktno uticao na pregovaračke pozicije osmanske strane u Beču. Na osnovu neobjavljene arhivske građe iz arhiva u Beču i Londonu može se saznati koliko brzo i na koji način su promene na bojnom polju uticale na mirovne pregovore. Neuspeh osmanske strane u pregovorima je otkrio značaj Beograda koji osmanska strana nije ni pod kojim uslovima želela da prepusti Svetoj ligi. Pored toga bezbednost samih pregovarača je zavisila od situacije na bojnom polju. Pad Niša je uslovio dalji neuspešni prodor Habzburga koji se završio povrtakom Niša pod osmansku vlast.

The conquest of Niš (1689) by the Habsburg army affected diplomacy of the Porte. This was especially evident in negotiations it had started several months before in Vienna with the members of the Holy League. This paper is based on the documents kept in the archives of Vienna and London. It also discusses the situation in the Ottoman state presented from the point of view of diplomats accredited by governments, who take different positions on many issues. This paper is an attempt to assess in a wider context the impact of this Habsburg victory, so far interpreted primarily as a part of military history, on European events of that dramatic period, because certain contemporary publications suggest the impact was not negligible.