Ruler · 1642 – 1693

Mehmed IV

Lived 1642 – 1693; ruler. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Empire), 1648 – 1687; also in the line of Ottoman Greece.

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Lived: 1642 – 1693; 51 years
In office: 39 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire · the 22nd of 39 dated reigns · 1299 – 1922

18 before

Mustafa I1622 – 1623

Murad IV1623 – 1640

Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire1640 – 1648

Mehmed IV1648 – 1687

Suleiman II1687 – 1691

Ahmed II1691 – 1695

Mustafa II1695 – 1703

14 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1648 – 1687 · 39 years · came to it aged 6

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

In 1687, Mehmed was overthrown by soldiers disenchanted by the course of the ongoing War of the Holy League.

Also in the line of Ottoman Greece (14th of 25, read from the line of Ottoman Empire).

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