Murad IV

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1612-1640) (r. 1623-1640)

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.

Murad IV
Ottoman Caliph
Amir al-Mu'minin
Kayser-i Rûm
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Padishah)
Reign10 September 1623 – 8 February 1640
PredecessorMustafa I
SuccessorIbrahim
RegentKösem Sultan
(1623–1632)
Born(1612-07-27)27 July 1612
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died8 February 1640(1640-02-08) (aged 27)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
SpouseAyşe Sultan
Şemsişah Sultan
Sanavber Hatun
Other unknow concubines
Issuesee below
Full name
Shah Murad bin Ahmed Han[1]
DynastyOttoman
FatherAhmed I
MotherKösem Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam
TughraMurad IV's signature

References change

  1. Ali Aktan, (1995), Osmanlılar İlim ve İrfan Vakfı, p. 202 (in Turkish)