Editing Ahmed I (section)

==Early life==
Ahmed was born at the Manisa Palace, [[Manisa]], probably on 18 April 1590,<ref>{{cite book|first=Günhan|last=Börekçi|title=İnkırâzın Eşiğinde Bir Hanedan: III. Mehmed, I. Ahmed, I. Mustafa ve 17. Yüzyıl Osmanlı Siyasî Krizi - A Dynasty at the Threshold of Extinction: Mehmed III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I and the 17th-Century Ottoman Political Crisis|pages=81 n. 75}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Günhan|last=Börekçi|title=Factions and Favorites at the Courts of Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603-17) and His Immediate Predecessors|year=2010|pages=85 n. 17}}</ref> when his father {{Lang|tr|[[Şehzade]]}} Mehmed was still a prince and the governor of the [[Sanjak]] of Manisa. His mother was [[Handan Sultan]]. After his grandfather [[Murad III]]'s death in 1595, his father came to Constantinople and ascended the throne as Sultan [[Mehmed III]].  Mehmed ordered the execution of his nineteen half brothers. Ahmed's elder brother [[Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III)|Şehzade Mahmud]] was also executed by his father Mehmed on 7 June 1603, just before Mehmed's own death on 22 December 1603. Mahmud was buried along with his mother ([[Halime Sultan]], dead after 1623) in a separate mausoleum built by Ahmed in [[Şehzade Mosque]], Constantinople.