Mehmed IV
Also known as Mehmed the Hunter
19th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648–1687)
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Mehmed IV was the Ottoman Sultan who ruled from 1648 to 1687 during a period when the empire faced significant military and political challenges, including wars with European powers and internal instability. His reign is historically significant because it marked both the Ottoman Empire's last major territorial expansion and the beginning of its long decline as a major world power.
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- Born
- 1642
- Died
- 1693
- Works
- 6
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- Capitulatien en privilegien by de Keyserlijcke Majesteyt van Turckyen, Sultan Muhamed Chan, soon van Sultan Ibrahim Chan
- Capitulatie van den Turckschen Keyser, voor de onderdanen van den staet der Vereenighde Nederlanden
- The Intreigues of the French King at Constantinople to embroil Christendom
- The Great Turks declaration of war against the emperour of Germany, at his pallace at Adrinople [sic], February 20, 1683
- A declaration or denouncing of war
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Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع, romanized: Meḥmed-i rābi; Turkish: IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), nicknamed as Mehmed the Hunter (Turkish: Avcı Mehmed), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup. Mehmed went on to become the second-longest-reigning sultan in Ottoman history after Suleiman the Magnificent. While the initial and final years of his reign were characterized by military defeat and political instability, during his middle years he oversaw the revival of the empire's fortunes associated with the Köprülü era. Mehmed IV was known by contemporaries as a particularly pious ruler, and was referred to as gazi, or "holy warrior" for his role in the many conquests carried out during his long reign.