# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/murad-iv
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:26:03.563Z

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name: "Murad IV"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Murad IV was born in Constantinople on 27 July 1612, the son of Sultan Ahmed I and Kösem Sultan. A palace conspiracy placed him on the Ottoman throne at eleven years old in 1623, succeeding his uncle Mustafa I. For nearly a decade his mother Kösem Sultan ruled as regent until he seized absolute power on 18 May 1632. His reign became defined by the Ottoman–Safavid War, a conflict that partitioned the Caucasus between the two empires for roughly two centuries and laid the groundwork for the modern borders of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. He restored the authority of a weakened state, but the restoration came at the cost of methods marked by relentless brutality. He died on 8 February 1640.