Murad IV
| Murad IV | |||||
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| Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques | |||||
Miniature of Murad IV, depicting him on his way to the Baghdad campaign, dressed in the armour of an Arab, c. 1623–1640, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul | |||||
| Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah) | |||||
| Reign | 10 September 1623 – 8 February 1640 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mustafa I | ||||
| Successor | Ibrahim | ||||
| Regent | Kösem Sultan (1623–1632) | ||||
| Ottoman Caliph (Amir al-Mu'minin) | |||||
| Predecessor | Mustafa I | ||||
| Successor | Ibrahim | ||||
| Born | 27 July 1612 Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | 8 February 1640 (aged 27) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Consort | Ayşe Sultan others | ||||
| Issue Among others | Kaya Sultan Safiye Sultan Rukiye Sultan | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Ahmed I | ||||
| Mother | Kösem Sultan | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
| Tughra | |||||
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, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad IV was born in Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603–17) and Kösem Sultan. He was brought to power by a palace conspiracy when he was just 11 years old, and he succeeded his uncle, Mustafa I (r. 1617–18, 1622–23). Until he assumed absolute power on 18 May 1632, the empire was ruled by his mother, Kösem Sultan, as nāʾib-i salṭanat (regent). His reign is most notable for the Ottoman–Safavid War, of which the outcome would partition the Caucasus between the two Imperial powers for around two centuries, while it also roughly laid the foundation for the current Turkey–Iran–Iraq borders.