Kösem Sultan
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Kösem Sultan, also known as Mahpeyker Sultan, was the Haseki Sultan as a favorite consort and legal wife of Ottoman sultan Ahmed I, mother of Murad IV and Ibrahim, and grandmother of Mehmed IV. She ef
Oil painting depicting the young Murad IV (anonymous, c. 17th century)
Kösem Sultan's letter to the Grand Vizier Hüsrev Pasha, 1627.
An Ottoman miniature of Murad IV
A painting of Sultan Ibrahim the Mad, who reigned from 1640 until his deposition in 1648
Ibrahim (Ottoman sultan)
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Ibrahim was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648.
Kösem Sultan
…Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ماه پیكر;), was the Haseki Sultan as a favorite consort and legal wife of Ottoman sultan Ahmed I, mother of Murad IV and Ibrahim, and grandmother of Mehmed IV. She effectively ruled as regent of the Ottoman Empire during the minority of Murad IV from 1623 to 1632, from 1640 to…
Sultan Ibrahim I
Portrait of Ibrahim from the Kebir Musavver Silsilenâme, by Abdulcelil Levni, c. 1710–20