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Mehmed IV

1642 - 1693

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Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع, romanized: Meḥmed-i rābi; Turkish: IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), nicknamed as Mehmed the Hunter (Turkish: Avcı Mehmed), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup. Mehmed went on to become the second-longest-reigning sultan in Ottoman history after Suleiman the Magnificent. While the initial and final years of his reign were characterized by military defeat and political instability, during his middle years he oversaw the revival of the empire's fortunes associated with the Köprülü era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mehmed IV is the 266th most popular politician (down from 164th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 30th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Turkish Politician.

Mehmed IV is most famous for being the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He was also the last Sultan to rule from Istanbul.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mehmed IV ranks 266 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Anastasius I Dicorus, Saparmurat Niyazov, Golda Meir, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, and Muhammad Ali of Egypt. After him are Enver Hoxha, Konrad Adenauer, Frederick IX of Denmark, Paul von Hindenburg, Mehmed I, and Elagabalus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Mehmed IV ranks 1. After him are Suleiman II, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gülnuş Sultan, Andrea Pozzo, Shitao, Johann Christoph Bach, Ihara Saikaku, Seki Takakazu, André Charles Boulle, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. Among people deceased in 1693, Mehmed IV ranks 1. After him are Madame de La Fayette, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Ihara Saikaku, Willem Kalf, Nicolaes Maes, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, John de Britto, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Elisabeth Hevelius, and Johann Caspar Kerll.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmed IV ranks 40 out of 1,347. Before him are Abdul Hamid II (1842), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Mustafa I (1591), Aspasia (-470), Heraclius (575), and Luke the Evangelist (31). After him are Saint Timothy (17), Mehmed I (1386), Mimar Sinan (1490), Mihrimah Sultan (1522), Epictetus (50), and Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mehmed IV ranks 23. Before him are Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Murad IV (1612), Abdul Hamid II (1842), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Mustafa I (1591), and Heraclius (575). After him are Mehmed I (1386), Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Alp Arslan (1029), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Mehmed VI (1861), and Zoë Porphyrogenita (978).

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