13 Facts About Murad IV

Murad IV, 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's 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 roughly laid the foundation for the current Turkey–Iran–Iraq borders.

Murad IV was for a long time under the control of his relatives and during his early years as Sultan, his mother, Kosem Sultan, essentially ruled through him.

Murad IV feared suffering the fate of his elder brother, Osman II, and decided to assert his power.

Murad IV tried to quell the corruption that had grown during the reigns of previous Sultans, and that had not been checked while his mother was ruling through proxy.

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Murad IV restored the judicial regulations by very strict punishments, including execution; he once strangled a grand vizier for the reason that the official had beaten his mother-in-law.

Murad IV's reign is most notable for the Ottoman–Safavid War against Persia (today Iran) in which Ottoman forces managed to conquer Azerbaijan, occupying Tabriz, Hamadan, and capturing Baghdad in 1638.

Murad IV himself commanded the Ottoman army in the last years of the war.

Murad IV gave them the finest weapons, saddles and Kaftans and ordered his forces to accompany the Mughals to the port of Basra, where they set sail to Thatta and finally Surat.

Murad IV put emphasis on architecture and in his period many monuments were erected.

Only three of his many concubines are known and of the thirty-two children that Evliya Celebi said that Murad IV had, five have not yet been identified, and the name of six others is still unknown.

Murad IV died from cirrhosis in Constantinople at the age of 27 in 1640.

Rumours had circulated that on his deathbed, Murad IV ordered the execution of his mentally disabled brother, Ibrahim, which would have meant the end of the Ottoman line.