Murad IV

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Murad IV
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Murad by Abdulcelil Levni
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah)
Reign	10 September 1623 – 8 February 1640
Predecessor	Mustafa I
Successor	Ibrahim
Regent	Kösem Sultan (1623–1632)
Ottoman Caliph (Amir al-Mu'minin)
Predecessor	Mustafa I
Successor	Ibrahim
Born	(1612-07-27)27 July 1612 Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	8 February 1640(1640-02-08) (aged 27) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
Consort	Ayşe Sultan Among others
Issue Among others	Kaya Sultan
Names Şah Murad bin Ahmed Han[1]
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Ahmed I
Mother	Kösem Sultan
Religion	Sunni Islam
Tughra

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 Kösem Sultan.^[2] He was brought to power by a palace conspiracy when he was just 11 years old, and he succeeded his uncle Mustafa I (r. 1617–18, 1622–23). Until he assumed absolute power on 18 May 1632, the empire was ruled by his mother, Kösem Sultan, as nāʾib-i salṭanat (regent). His reign is most notable for the Ottoman–Safavid War, of which the outcome would partition the Caucasus between the two Imperial powers for around two centuries, while it also roughly laid the foundation for the current Turkey–Iran–Iraq borders.