- Treaty of Khotyn
Treaty of Khotyn (Chocim), signed in the aftermath of the
Battle of Khotyn (1621) , ended thePolish-Ottoman War (1620–1621) . Thispeace treaty resulted in no border change butPolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth agreed to stop its interference in Moldavia. Both sides claimed victory, as Commonwealth saw the battle of Khotyn as a successful stopping ofOttoman Empire invasion of its mainland.The Treaty was rather favorable for the Commonwealth, but also Ottoman Emperor gained what he wanted. There were no territorial changes; the Commonwealth-Ottoman border was confirmed to be the
Dniester river, and the Commonwealth recognized Ottoman control over Moldavia. In the Commonwealth, and among theCossacks , stopping of the huge Ottoman army was seen as a great victory.The treaty for the most part repeated the earlier agreement -
Treaty of Busza (also known as Treaty of Jaruga) (1617), negotiated byStanisław Żółkiewski andIskander Pasha . That 1617 treaty stated that Poland would not meddle in the internal affairs of Ottoman vassals inTransylvania ,Moldavia andWallachia , the Commonwealth was to prevent Cossacks from raiding lands in the Ottoman Empire, while ceding Khotyn. In return, the Turks promised to stopTatar raids.The Ottomans, on the other hand, even though they gained Commonwealth recognition of their control over Moldavia, were in much worse shape internally. Notably, Chodkiewicz wasn't the only one to die as a result of that battle: sultan Osman himself paid the highest price for the failure of his plans. The Khotyn outcome, and the Ottoman failure to crush the outnumbered Commonwealth army, led Osman to put the blame on the janissaries. Osman wanted to modernize the army, which he blamed for the defeat; his plans for modernization were, however, opposed by the traditional-minded janissaries, culminating in the rebellion of janissaries in 1622, in which Osman II was assassinated. [http://books.google.com/books?id=tYIxK0Mo1wwC&pg=PA9&ots=r1p_8a5TVH&dq=battle+Chocim+1621&as_brr=3&sig=C6-bIkKh58e3jttYFjR-PiOxQE0#PPA84,M1]
The Commonwealth-Ottoman border would be fairly quiet until the
Ottoman-Commonwealth War (1633-1634) .
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