Having succeeded his brother Mustafa II, Ahmed III was this empire's sultan & would remain so until 1730
[DOC] [TLE] The perils of insouciance - Osman's Dream: The History of the ... [PAR] The transfer of power from Mustafa's supporters to Ahmed III's was bedevilled, ... 
he nor his sons would reveal where their wealth was secreted; the Sultan was ... 
son of Sultan Mehmed IV, and thus brother to Mustafa II and Ahmed, he sailed 
from ... on the empire's western frontiers  but not before the Ottomans had 
become... [DOC] [TLE] Part 1 [PAR] in Ottoman history to do so.