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During the later stages of the Great Turkish War, an engagement between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition of European powers led by the Habsburg Monarchy, the retaking of Buda unfolded. Buda, alongside Pest and Óbuda, now forming modern-day Budapest, held significant strategic importance in the area. The Siege of Buda unfolded from June to September 1686. The coalition, comprising troops from the Holy Roman Empire, Poland, and other European nations, besieged the city, then under Ottoman control. Despite fierce resistance led by Ottoman Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha, the city succumbed to the superior strength and firepower of the coalition on September 2, 1686. This victory marked a turning point, heralding the waning influence of the Ottoman Empire in Central Europe and the ascendancy of Habsburg control, as Buda became integrated into the Habsburg Monarchy.