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Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع, romanized: Meḥmed-i rābi; Turkish: IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), also known as Mehmed the Hunter (Turkish: Avcı Mehmed), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup.
Mehmed IV was an Ottoman sultan whose reign (1648–87) was marked first by administrative and financial decay and later by a period of revival under the able Köprülü viziers. However, Mehmed IV devoted himself to hunting rather than to affairs of state.
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Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع Meḥmed-i rābiʿ; Modern Turkish:IV. Mehmet; also known as Avcı Mehmed, Mehmed the Hunter; January 2, 1642 – January 6, 1693) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687.
Contemporary Ottoman historian Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Agha (1658–1723) described the battle as an enormous defeat and failure for the Ottoman Empire, the most disastrous since the foundation of Ottoman statehood in 1299.
Learn about the life and reign of Mehmed IV, the second longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He was a pious ruler who oversaw the conquest of Crete and the Köprülü era, but was overthrown in 1687.
This chapter examines Mehmed IV's life and legacy as the Ottoman sultan who ruled from 1648 to 1687. It focuses on his hunting habit, which overshadowed his numerous conversions, and the opposition he faced from commoners, military, and religious class.
Jan 31, 2024 · 1648 Jan 1 - 1687. Stability under Mehmed IV. Türkiye. Mehmed IV came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup. Mehmed went on to become the second-longest-reigning sultan in Ottoman history after Suleiman the Magnificent.
