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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 ...
Murad IV: 10 September 1623 – 8 February 1640 (16 years, 151 days) Son of Ahmed I and Kösem Sultan. Ruled under the regency of his mother Kösem Sultan until 1632. Reigned until his death. — 18 Ibrahim: 9 February 1640 – 8 August 1648 (8 years, 181 days) Son of Ahmed I and Kösem Sultan. Deposed on 8 August 1648 in a coup led by the ...
Sultan (سلطان) is a word of Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". By the beginning of the 16th century, the title of sultan, carried by both men and women of the Ottoman dynasty, was replacing other titles by which prominent members of the imperial family had been known (notably hatun for women and bey for men), with imperial women carrying the title of "Sultan ...
Murad IV 1612–1640 Sultan and Caliph r. 1623–1640: Turhan Hatice Sultan: Ibrahim 1615–1648 Sultan and Caliph r. 1640–1648: Saliha Dilaşub Sultan: Hatice Muazzez Sultan: Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan: Mehmed IV 1642–1693 Sultan and Caliph r. 1648–1687: Suleiman II 1642–1691 Sultan and Caliph r. 1687–1691: Ahmed II 1643–1695 ...
During the siege the Safavids made sallies of around 6,000 men at a time, this was followed by a retreat into the city and a fresh 6,000 to attack. These types of attacks greatly increased the casualties of the Ottomans. The siege continued for 40 days. Towards the end, impatient Murad urged the Grand Vizier for a general attack.
Similarly, Osman II allowed his half-brothers Murad IV and Ibrahim to live. This led to a shift in the 17th century from a system of primogeniture to one based on agnatic seniority, in which the eldest male within the dynasty succeeded, also to guarantee adult sultans and prevent both fratricides as well as the sultanate of women.
The campaign of Yerevan (1635) (Revan on the map) was led by sultan Murad IV and resulted in the capture of Yerevan on 8 August and Tabriz on 11 September. In 1629, the Ottomans, having secured peace with the Habsburgs, mustered their forces for another offensive under the new and capable Grand Vizier Gazi Hüsrev Pasha. [19]
Privy Purse registers the presence of Ayşe as Murad's only Haseki until the very end of Murad's seventeen-year reign, when a second concubine, with the very high salary of 2,751 coin a day (but reduced to 2,000 after seven months), appeared. According to historian Leslie Peirce, this woman would have been Murad's second Haseki. However, other ...