إبراهيم الأول

إبراهيم الأول

1648 CE · 1058 AH

Ibrahim I (r. 1640–1648) — opened the long Cretan war against Venice in 1645 by seizing Venetian goods and shipping a fleet to Crete; deposed and killed in the Istanbul mutiny that enthroned his seven-year-old son Mehmed IV 1.

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The Gunpowder Empires
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Anatolia
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Overview

Sultan Ibrahim I ibn Ahmad, an Ottoman sultan. His reign lasted eight years and nine months, and he was killed in 1058 AH (1648 CE) at the age of thirty-four. 2

The war over Crete

He came to power while the affairs of the state were unsettled. In his reign the Ottomans mustered armies and a fleet and declared war on the Venetians, who dominated the island of Crete and the trade of the Aegean Sea. The Venetians were arrested in various parts of the land and their property confiscated. A campaign was sent to Crete in 1055 AH (1645 CE) that took parts of it. 2

Deposition

The soldiers in Istanbul rebelled and decided to depose him, and to install in his place his son Mehmed IV, who had not yet reached the age of seven. Ibrahim was killed. 2

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Parent of
السلطان أحمد الثاني· محمد الرابع
Participated in
حرب كريت ضد البنادقة

People and things also explored

سليمان الثاني· أحمد الثالث· مصطفى الثاني· حرب كريت ضد البنادقة· السلطان أحمد الثاني· محمد الرابع

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p. 307
  2. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p.307
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