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
Ibrahim (Ottoman sultan)
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Ibrahim was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648.
Mehmed IV
…retired to Edirne, where 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…
Sultan Ibrahim I
Portrait of Ibrahim from the Kebir Musavver Silsilenâme, by Abdulcelil Levni, c. 1710–20