Imre Thököly aspired to proclaim himself Prince of Transylvania; allied with the Turks, he had campaigned unsuccessfully in 1686 and 1688 to win the Transylvanian crown.

The Sultan gave him command of a 16,000-men (mostly Ottomans, Tatars, and some Kurucs) army with which he penetrated into Transylvania.

Following this victory, a Diet called in Kereszténysziget elected Imre Thököly Prince of Transylvania.

This movement of troops made it possible for the Ottomans to push the Holy League's army back across the Danube and even recapture the Banat.

As a result, a stable front was made on the Danube river and on the Carpathian Mountains.