SULTAN MEHMED THE FOURTH

(1642 - 1693 )

He was trained very well by his mother and had a zood education. He was an amateur of hunting and literature. He was 7 years old at the time when he Ns as made Sultan. In the beginning of his sultanate, the Great Ottoman Empire was being o‘erned by the influential men of the palace. The disorder among the soldiers had reached the top point. The Janissaries and Sipahees fought with each other and the Janissary troops overcame. In 1648. the incident of Sultan Akhmet arose.

In 1651, Koesem Sultana was stayed. Subsequently. most of the officers of the Janissary Regiment were put to death, and so public orderliness and peace was ensured. After a lot of Grand_ Viziers had been tried, Kiuprili Muhammed Pasha was appointed Grand Vizier. In 1659, the Ottoman Empire won a great victory against Russia. In 1660, the big fire of Istanbul broke out. In 1661, Kiuprili Muhammed Pasha died, and his place was filled by his son, Fazyl Akhmed Pasha.
In 1663, the German War started, and Ur, ar was captured. In 1664, the Serinvar Victory was gained, Novigrad and Yenikale were taken; furthermore, the whole Crete was subjected to the Ottomans.

In 1669, the Ottoman Empire waged war on land; in 1672, Komaniche, Poland and Galichia were conquered.
The Agreement of Boudjash was concluded with the Polish Kingdom. In 1673, Sultan Mehmed the Fourth wared with Poland twice, and after a successful battle, the Treaty of Zoravno was made between the two nations in 1676. In the same year, Fazyl Akhmed Pasha expired and Kara Mustafa Pasha of Merziphon became Grand Vizier on the 3 rd of November in 1676.

In 1677, the Ottoman-Russian War commenced; Sultan Muhammed the Fourth fought with Russia in 1678, and Cherkhin was captured. In 1683, Vien was besieged the second time, however, it was not able to be seized, and the Ottoman army were dispersed owing to the treachery of the Crimean Khan. The Alamandagin Battle was lost and the besiege was abandoned, and because of that, the European countries celebrated the abandonment, their salvation, in great joy. In 1678, Muhammed the Fourth, who was also well-known with his common surname of "Avdji" (Hunter) was dethroned and exiled to the Palace of Edirne. In January, 1639 he expired at the mentioned palace. His corpse was removed to Stanboul and buried next to his mother's grave in the Yenidjami Tomb. (May Allah have mercy upon his soul!)

Among the noted of the Succession of the Descendants of Nakshibend, Their Exalted Holinesses Sheikh Muhammad Masoum; the poet Djevree Ibrahim Chelebi; Sari Abdoullah Effendi and Vanee Mehemet Effendi lived in the sultanate era of the Sultan Muhammed the Fourth.

He had four sons whose names were Mustafa the Second, Akhmed the Third, Ahmed and Bajezed.