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İbrahim
Ottoman sultan
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- Born:
- Nov. 4, 1615, Constantinople
- Died:
- Aug. 18, 1648, Constantinople (aged 32)
- Title / Office:
- sultan (1640-1648), Ottoman Empire
- Notable Family Members:
- mother Kösem Sultan
- son Mehmed IV
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 Austria (1642) and recovered the Sea of Azov hinterland from the Cossacks. After the execution of Kara Mustafa (1644), İbrahim, acting on the advice of ...(100 of 175 words)