Mehmed IV
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Mehmed IV, nicknamed as Mehmed the Hunter, 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
Portrait, 1682
Depiction of Mehmed IV with the Venetian helmet, by Jacob Koppmayer (1640-1701)
Engraving of a young Mehmed IV
Siege of Candia by the Ottoman army
Turhan Sultan
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Hatice Turhan Sultan was the chief Haseki sultan of the Ottoman sultan Ibrahim, and Valide sultan as the mother of Mehmed IV. She served as official regent of the Ottoman Empire, from 1651 to 1656 and
Mehmed IV
…he resided and died of natural causes in 1693. Born at Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, in 1642, Mehmed was the son of Sultan Ibrahim (r. 1640–1648) by Turhan Sultan, a concubine of Russian origin, and grandson of the Greek-born Kösem Sultan, the former Haseki sultan and legal wife of Mehmed's deceased grandfather…
Engraving by Pieter de Jode II.
Pearl seal of Turhan Sultan
New Mosque, Istanbul was completed by the Turhan Sultan.