Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire

Names
	Ibrahim bin Ahmed

Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Ottoman Caliph; Amir al-Mu'minin; Kayser-i Rûm; Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah)
Reign	9 February 1640 – 8 August 1648
Predecessor	Murad IV
Successor	Mehmed IV
Born	5 November 1615; Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	18 August 1648 (aged 32); Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Spouses	Turhan Sultan; Saliha Dilaşub Sultan; Muazzez Sultan; Ayşe Sultan; Mahienver Sultan; Saçbağlı Sultan; Şivekar Sultan; Hümaşah Sultan; Others;
Issue; Among others	Mehmed IV; Gevherhan Sultan; Suleiman II; Ahmed II;
Names
Names
	Ibrahim bin Ahmed
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Ahmed I
Mother	Kösem Sultan
Religion	Sunni Islam
Tughra

Ibrahim (/ˌɪbrəˈhiːm/; Ottoman Turkish: ابراهيم; Turkish: İbrahim; 5 November 1615 – 18 August 1648) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648. He was born in Constantinople, the son of sultan Ahmed I by Kösem Sultan, an ethnic Greek originally named Anastasia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He was called Ibrahim the Mad (Turkish: Deli İbrahim) due to his mental condition and behavior.^[4] However, historian Scott Rank notes that his opponents spread rumors of the sultan's insanity, and some historians suggest he was more incompetent than mad.^[5]

^ Singh, Nagendra Kr (2000). International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties. Anmol Publications PVT. pp. 423–424. ISBN 81-261-0403-1. Kosem Walide or Kosem Sultan, called Mahpaykar (ca. 1589–1651), wife of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmad I and mother of the sultans Murad IV and Ibrahim [q.vv.]. She was Greek by birth, and achieved power in the first place through the harem, exercising a decisive influence in the state
^ Sonyel, Salâhi Ramadan (1993). Minorities and the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish Historical Society Printing House. p. 61. ISBN 975-16-0544-X. Many of these ladies of the harem were non-Muslim, for example Sultana Kosem (Anastasia), of Greek origin, who was the wife of Ahmet I (1603–17), and the mother of Murat IV (1623–40), and of Ibrahim (1640–448)
^ al-Ayvansarayî, Hafiz Hüseyin; Crane, Howard (2000). The garden of the mosques : Hafiz Hüseyin al-Ayvansarayî's guide to the Muslim monuments of Ottoman Istanbul. Brill. p. 21. ISBN 90-04-11242-1. Kosem Valide Mahpeyker, known also simply as Kosem Sultan (c. 1589–1651), consort of Sultan Ahmed I and mother of Murad IV and Ibrahim. Greek by birth, she exercised a decisive influence in the Ottoman state
^ John Freely, Inside the Seraglio: private lives of the sultans in Istanbul (2000) p. 145. online
^ Rank, 2020 ch 4. online

[1] Singh, Nagendra Kr (2000). International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties. Anmol Publications PVT. pp. 423–424. ISBN 81-261-0403-1. Kosem Walide or Kosem Sultan, called Mahpaykar (ca. 1589–1651), wife of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmad I and mother of the sultans Murad IV and Ibrahim [q.vv.]. She was Greek by birth, and achieved power in the first place through the harem, exercising a decisive influence in the state

[2] Sonyel, Salâhi Ramadan (1993). Minorities and the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish Historical Society Printing House. p. 61. ISBN 975-16-0544-X. Many of these ladies of the harem were non-Muslim, for example Sultana Kosem (Anastasia), of Greek origin, who was the wife of Ahmet I (1603–17), and the mother of Murat IV (1623–40), and of Ibrahim (1640–448)

[3] -Ayvansarayî, Hafiz Hüseyin; Crane, Howard (2000). The garden of the mosques : Hafiz Hüseyin al-Ayvansarayî's guide to the Muslim monuments of Ottoman Istanbul. Brill. p. 21. ISBN 90-04-11242-1. Kosem Valide Mahpeyker, known also simply as Kosem Sultan (c. 1589–1651), consort of Sultan Ahmed I and mother of Murad IV and Ibrahim. Greek by birth, she exercised a decisive influence in the Ottoman state

[4] John Freely, Inside the Seraglio: private lives of the sultans in Istanbul (2000) p. 145. online

[5] Rank, 2020 ch 4. online

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