 The Diet set a fifteen-day deadline for all noblemen to acknowledge Apafi's rule, but Kemény did not obey.Köprülü Mehmed's son, Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, who succeeded his father as grand vizier on 1 November, addressed a letter to Apafi.He assured Apafi of the protection of the Ottoman sultan, Mehmed IV, but also reminded him that he had owed his throne only to Ottoman support.