Ahmed I

Type Figure Region Ottoman Empire Time 1590–1617 Also known as Ahmed I、Ahmed I of the Ottoman Empire

Fourteenth Ottoman sultan (r. 1603–1617) who warred with Safavid Persia, built the Blue Mosque, and broke the tradition of executing his brothers.

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1590–1603Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireBorn in Topkapi Palace as a son of Sultan Mehmed III, he received Islamic and military training in the palace and acceded in 1603 after his elder brother was deposed.
1603–1617Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireReigning from 1603 to 1617, he fought a long war with Safavid Persia on the eastern frontier and around 1611 still faced Persian and local rebel pressure. From 1609 he built the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) and broke the practice of fratricide, leaving several princes alive.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: Ahmed I https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmed-I
The Cambridge History of Turkey, Volume 3: The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839 — Suraiya Faroqhi (2006)