İbrahim

İbrahim (born Nov. 4, 1615, Constantinople—died Aug. 18, 1648, Constantinople) was an Ottoman sultan whose unstable character made him prey to the ambitions of his ministers and relatives and to his own self-indulgence; as a consequence, the Ottoman state was weakened by war, misrule, and rebellion during his reign (1640–48). Early in his reign under the guidance of the able but ambitious grand vizier Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Paşa, İbrahim established peaceful relations with Persia and...