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Also Known As Amurath IV • Murad Oglu Ahmed I
Born July 27, 1612 • Turkey
Died February 8, 1640 (aged 27) • Istanbul • Turkey
Title / Office sultan (1623-1640), Ottoman Empire
Notable Family Members mother Kösem Sultan

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İbrahim
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Portrait of Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, standing in ornate military dress beside a blue-draped table, with a cityscape and green curtain in the background.
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Süleyman I
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
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Midhat Pasha
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Murad I
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Murad II
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Mustafa III, miniature; in Istanbul University Library (MS Yildiz 8647/17).
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Selim I
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Mehmed IV
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Mustafa II
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Osman I, miniature from a 16th-century manuscript illustrating the dynasty; in Istanbul University Library (Ms. Yildiz 2653/261)
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Ahmed I
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