Ahmed I

Ahmed I
Ottoman Caliph
Amir al-Mu'minin
Kayser-i Rûm
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Anonymous portrait of Ahmed I
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Padishah)
Reign22 December 1603 – 22 November 1617
Sword girding23 December 1603
PredecessorMehmed III
SuccessorMustafa I
Born(1590-04-18)18 April 1590
Manisa Palace, Manisa, Ottoman Empire
Died22 November 1617(1617-11-22) (aged 27)
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
ConsortsMahfiruz Hatun
Kösem Sultan[1]
Issue
Among others
Osman II
Şehzade Mehmed
Ayşe Sultan
Gevherhan Sultan
Fatma Sultan
Hanzade Sultan
Murad IV
Şehzade Bayezid
Şehzade Süleyman
Şehzade Kasım
Atike Sultan
Ibrahim I
Names
Şah Ahmed bin Mehmed Han[2]
DynastyOttoman
FatherMehmed III
MotherHandan Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam
TughraAhmed I's signature
Sultan
Sultan Ahmed I

Ahmed I (Ottoman Turkish: احمد اول Aḥmed-i evvel; Turkish: I. Ahmed; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide; henceforth, Ottoman rulers would no longer systematically execute their brothers upon accession to the throne.[3] He is also well known for his construction of the Blue Mosque, one of the most famous mosques in Turkey.[4]

  1. ^ Kumrular, Özlem (2015). Sułtanka Kösem. Władza i intrygi w haremie.[Kösem Sultan. İktidar, Hırs, Entrika] (in Polish). Laurum. pp. 137–140. ISBN 978-83-8087-451-0.
  2. ^ Garo Kürkman, (1996), Ottoman Silver Marks, p. 31
  3. ^ Peirce, Leslie (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 99. ISBN 0-19-508677-5.
  4. ^ Finkel, Caroline (2005). Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire 1300–1923. Basic Books (U.S. edition) (published April 24, 2007). ISBN 978-0465023974.

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