text:  Morteza-Pasha governor of Diarbekr who attempted to oppose him in the field was routed with the loss of nearly his whole army; and though the emissaries who attempted to seduce the troops in Constantinople from their allegiance were detected and put to death by the vigilance of Kiuprili the revolt spread throughout Anatolia and Syria and the sultan was preparing to take the field in person when treachery succeeded in accomplishing what force had failed to effect