Ahmed I | |||||
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Ottoman Caliph Amir al-Mu'minin Kayser-i Rûm Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques | |||||
![]() Anonymous portrait of Ahmed I | |||||
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah) | |||||
Reign | 22 December 1603 – 22 November 1617 | ||||
Sword girding | 23 December 1603 | ||||
Predecessor | Mehmed III | ||||
Successor | Mustafa I | ||||
Born | Manisa Palace, Manisa, Ottoman Empire | 18 April 1590||||
Died | 22 November 1617 Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | (aged 27)||||
Burial | Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey | ||||
Consorts | Kösem Sultan Mahfiruz Hatun | ||||
Issue Among others | Osman II Şehzade Mehmed Ayşe Sultan Gevherhan Sultan Fatma Sultan Hanzade Sultan Murad IV Şehzade Bayezid Şehzade Süleyman Şehzade Kasım Atike Sultan Ibrahim I | ||||
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Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
Father | Mehmed III | ||||
Mother | Handan Sultan | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Tughra |
Ahmed I (Ottoman Turkish: احمد اول Aḥmed-i evvel; Turkish: I. Ahmed; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide; henceforth, Ottoman rulers would no longer systematically execute their brothers upon accession to the throne.[2] He is also well known for his construction of the Blue Mosque, one of the most famous mosques in Turkey.