  thumbnail|ottoman miniature painting depicting murad iv during dinner murad iv (; july 26/27, 1612 â february 9, 1640) was the sultan of the ottoman empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. murad iv was born in constantinople, the son of sultan ahmed i (1603&ndash;17) and the ethnic greeke. van donzel, islamic desk reference: compiled from the encyclopaedia of islam, brill academic publishers, p 219robert bator, daily life in ancient and modern istanbul, runestone press, p 42douglas arthur howard, the history of turkey, greenwood press, p 195 valide kÃ¶sem sultan. brought to power by a palace conspiracy in 1623, he succeeded his uncle mustafa i (r. 1617&ndash;18, 1622&ndash;23). he was only 11 when he took the throne. == biography == in the early years of murad's reign, he was under the control of his relatives. during this period, peace and harmony in the ottoman lands were completely lost, and tyrants took control of the cities. his absolute rule started around 1632, when he took the authority and repressed all the tyrants, and he re-established the supremacy of sultan. ===early reign (1623â32)=== murad iv was for a long time under the control of his relatives and during his early years as sultan, his mother, kÃ¶sem sultan, essentially ruled through him. the empire fell into anarchy; the safavid empire invaded iraq almost immediately, northern anatolia erupted in revolts, and in 1631 the [[janissary
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