Ahmed I
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1590 – 1617 · 27 years · Istanbul · Middle East
Reign: 1603 – 1617 (Ottoman Empire)
He came to the throne at 13 and broke with the custom of fratricide, sparing his brother Mustafa. He made the Peace of Zsitvatorok with the Habsburgs (1606) and built the Sultan Ahmed (Blue) Mosque in Istanbul.
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Oceania
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