Murad IV (;
July 26/27, 1612 – February 8, 1640) was the
Sultan of the
Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad IV was born in
Constantinople, the son of Sultan
Ahmed I (1603–17) and the ethnic
Greek Valide Kösem Sultan (1589-1651). Brought to power by a palace conspiracy in 1623, he succeeded his uncle
Mustafa I (r. 1617–18, 1622–23). He was only 11 when he took the throne. His reign is most notable for the
Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39), of which the
outcome would permanently part the
Caucasus between the two Imperial powers for around two centuries, while it also roughly laid the foundation for the current Turkey - Iran - Iraq borders.