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Rumours had circulated that on his deathbed, Murad IV ordered the execution of his mentally disabled brother, Ibrahim (reigned 1640–48), which would have meant the end of the Ottoman line. However, the order was not carried out.
A man of courage, determination, and violent temperament, Murad did not follow closely the precepts of the Sharīʿah (Islamic law) and was the first Ottoman sultan to execute a shaykh al-islām (the highest Muslim dignitary in the empire). He was able to restore order, however, and to straighten out state finances.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 26, 2019 · In 1632, when Murad IV’s janissaries were unhappy with him, they demanded that he bring out the princes, to prove that they were still alive: “The princes are our lord’s sons; we have lost confidence in you… bring out the princes and show them to us now… If you don’t do as we say, you are no further use to us as Sultan.”
Aug 3, 2020 · Mehmed III came to power after his father, Murad III, and a few nights after he ascended the throne, he killed his nineteen brothers. Never before had so many royals been executed in one night.
In Anatolia Murad had 20.000 men executed. In 1635 Murad intended to execute the Armanian immigrants of Constantinople too, but his Grand Vezir managed to talk this idea out of his mind. Murad was an uncultivated, strong-willed, dark-eyed giant and he was immensely cruel.
Sultan Murad forgave the pasha because of the loyalty he showed to his brother Sultan Osman and made him the governor of Bosnia. Sultan Murad punished the murderers of his brother. Soldiers ...
He ordered strangulation of over 500 leaders who were behind the revolts. His spies went on a rummage to locate the traitors and their leaders all through Istanbul and executed them then and there. Around twenty thousand men were executed in Anatolia on the orders of Murad IV.
