Editing Mustafa II (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Battle of Zenta.png|thumb|right|[[Battle of Zenta]]]]
He was born at [[Edirne Palace]] on 6 February 1664. He was the son of Sultan [[Mehmed IV]] (1648–87) and [[Gülnuş Sultan]], originally named Evmania,<ref>{{cite book |author= Baker, Anthony E |title=The Bosphorus |publisher=Redhouse Press |year=1993 |page=146 |isbn=975-413-062-0 |quote= The Valide Sultan was born Evmania Voria, daughter of a Greek priest in a village near Rethymnon on Crete. She was captured by the Turks when they took Rethymnon in 1645. }}</ref> who was of [[Greeks|Greek]] descent.<ref>{{cite book |author= Bromley, J. S. |title= The New Cambridge Modern History |publisher= University Press |location= University of California |year= 1957 |page=554 |isbn=0-521-22128-5 |quote= the mother of Mustafa II and Ahmed III was a Cretan }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author= Sardo, Eugenio Lo |title=Tra greci e turchi: fonti diplomatiche italiane sul Settecento ottomano |publisher=Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche |year=1999 |page=82 |isbn= 88-8080-014-0 |quote= Their mother, a Cretan, lady named Rabia Gulnus, continued to wield influence as the Walide Sultan - mother of the reigning sultan  }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author= Library Information and Research Service |title= The Middle East |publisher= Library Information and Research Service |year= 2005 |page= 91 |quote= She was the daughter of a Cretan (Greek) family and she was the mother of Mustafa II (1664–1703), and Ahmed III (1673–1736). }}</ref> 

Much of Mustafa's childhood was passed in Edirne, the city of his birth. While he was in [[Nafplio|Mora Yenişehiri]] with his father in 1669, he began his religious education under Vani Mehmed Efendi, undergoing the ''bed-i besmele'' ceremony.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=285}} The writing teacher was the famous calligrapher [[Hâfiz Osman]]. In 1675, he and his brother Ahmed were circumcised and his sisters Hatice Sultan and Fatma Sultan were married.{{sfn|Uluçay|2011|p=110}} The celebration lasted 20 days.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=286}}