Murad IV

the 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623–1640)

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17th century

  • 1612July 27 – Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)source
  • 1623September 10 – Murat IV, age 11, succeeds his deposed uncle Mustafa I as Ottoman Emperor. Because Murat is a minor, his mother, Kösem Sultan, serves as regent until 1632.source
  • 1625February 8 – Hafız Ahmed Pasha is designated as the new grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Murad IV, 11 days after the death of Çerkes Mehmed Pasha.source
  • 1628April 6 – Damat Halil Pasha is fired from his position as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Murad IV after failing again to suppress the rebellion started by Abaza Mehmed Pasha or to win the war of the Ottomans against Persia. Halil is replaced by Gazi Hüsrev Pasha.source
  • 1638June 27 – Patriarch Cyril of Constantinople is deposed for high treason, strangled and thrown into the sea by Janissaries, on Ottoman Sultan Murad IV's command.source
  • 1638December 25 – Capture of Baghdad by the Ottomans under Sultan Murad IV.source
  • 1640February 9 – Ibrahim I succeeds his brother Murad IV (r. 1623–1640) as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; he will rule until his death in 1648.source
  • 1640February 9 – Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)source

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