Murad IV
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Murad IV was the 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who ruled from 1623 to 1640, a period marked by his efforts to restore central authority and military strength after years of internal instability. He is remembered as a powerful reformer whose reign helped stabilize the empire during a critical time in Ottoman history.
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- 1612
- Died
- 1640
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- Absag brieff, des jtzigen türkischen keysers, Mahomet Soldams an jetzo regierende röm. keyserliche maytt. Ferdinand, geschickt
- Consultatio inter potentissimum ... Amurathem ... IV ... et Hungariae regem Gabrielem ... 1629 Julii IX ...
- A vaunting, daring, and a menacing letter, sent from Sultan Morat the great Turke, from his court at Constantinople, by his embassadour Gobam, to Vladisllaus King of Poland, &c
- IV. Sultan Murâd'ın Revân ve Tebriz seferi Rûz-nâmesi
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DynastyOttoman FatherAhmed I MotherKösem Sultan ReligionSunni Islam Tughra
Murad IV (Ottoman Turkish: مراد رابع, Murād-ı Rābiʿ; Turkish: IV. Murad, 27 July 1612 – 8 February 1640) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad IV was born in Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603–17) and Kösem Sultan. He was brought to power by a palace conspiracy when he was just 11 years old, and he succeeded his uncle, Mustafa I (r. 1617–18, 1622–23). Until he assumed absolute power on 18 May 1632, the empire was ruled by his mother, Kösem Sultan, as nāʾib-i salṭanat (regent). His reign is most notable for the Ottoman–Safavid War, of which the outcome would partition the Caucasus between the two Imperial powers for around two centuries, while it also roughly laid the foundation for the current Turkey–Iran–Iraq borders.