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Ahmed I was born in Manisa; upon the death of his father Mehmed III he ascended the throne at the age of fourteen and reigned from 1603 to 1617. He died in Istanbul at the age of twenty-eight. He commissioned the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, which bears his name. He wrote poetry under the pen name Bahtî; a small collection of his poems exists. In his time musicians such as Sütçüzade İsa Efendi gained fame.[1, 2]
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III. Mehmed fatherHandan Sultan motherFatma Ferahşad Hatun spouseMahfiruz Sultan spouseMahpeyker Kösem Sultan spouseHalime Sultan siblingI. Mustafa siblingŞehzade Mahmud siblingŞehzade Selim siblingAbide Sultan childAtike Sultan childAyşe Sultan childEsma Sultan childFatma Sultan childGevherhan Sultan childHanzade Sultan childI. İbrahim childII. Osman childKösem Sultan childMurad IV childŞehzade Bayezid childŞehzade Hasan childŞehzade Hüseyin childŞehzade Kasım childŞehzade Mehmed childŞehzade Orhan childŞehzade Selim childŞehzade Süleyman childÜbeyde Sultan childÜmmügülsüm Sultan childZahide Sultan child
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