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
ConsortsKösem Sultan
Mahfiruz Hatun
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[1]
DynastyOttoman
FatherMehmed III
MotherHandan Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam
TughraAhmed I's signature

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.[2] He is also well known for his construction of the Blue Mosque, one of the most famous mosques in Turkey.

  1. ^ Garo Kürkman, (1996), Ottoman Silver Marks, p. 31
  2. ^ Peirce, Leslie (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 99. ISBN 0-19-508677-5.