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Mehmed IV

Type Figure Region Ottoman Empire Time 1642–1693 Also known as Mehmed IV、محمد رابع、Muhammad IV

Twenty-first Ottoman sultan, acceding as a child in 1648 with power long held by the Köprülü family;…

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  1. 1648–1660Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireHe ascended the throne at only six with the support of his mother Kösem Sultan and senior ministers; government was controlled by a regency faction, the sultan had not yet ruled in person, and the empire was in a period of recovery after internal turmoil.
  2. 1661–1670Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireAfter Fazıl Ahmed Pasha became grand vizier he reformed finances and military administration, and the empire launched the Cretan War against Venice with the long siege of Candia; the 1665 conspiracy on the day of Saint Athanasius shocked the court, with the sultan nominally presiding over state affairs while real power lay with the vizier.
  3. 1671–1687Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireAfter changes of viziers the empire continued to campaign east and west; following the failed siege of Vienna in 1683 the state's strength declined, and after the disastrous Second Battle of Mohács in 1687 the Janissaries mutinied and Mehmed IV was deposed and exiled.

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