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Sultan Mehmed IV

Type Figure Region Ottoman Empire Time 1642–1693 Also known as the Hunter Sultan

Sultan Mehmed IV (1642–1693), nineteenth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, acceded at the age of six in 1648 after his father Ibrahim was deposed.…

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  1. 1642–1648Topkapi Palace · ConstantinopleAs the son of Sultan Ibrahim I and Turhan Sultan, he grew up in the harem of Topkapi Palace, still young during his father's reign.
  2. 1648–1656Constantinople · RumeliaAfter his father was deposed in 1648, he acceded at only six years of age; real power lay with the regency of his grandmother Kösem and his mother Turhan, while factional struggles between the harem and the Janissaries were intense, and the empire faced the dual pressures of internal disorder and the Cretan War.
  3. 1656–1687Constantinople · RumeliaHe gradually assumed personal rule with the support of the grand viziers of the Köprülü family, and was renowned for his love of hunting. The Cretan War continued during his reign, with the fall of Candia in 1669; he was deposed after a coup triggered by the defeat at Vienna in 1683.

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