Editing Murad IV (section)

=== Early reign (1623–1632) ===
[[File:IV Murad young age.jpg|thumb|Murad&nbsp;IV in his young age|right]]
[[File:Murat IV with dishes.jpg|thumb|right|Ottoman miniature painting depicting Murad&nbsp;IV during dinner]]
[[File:Murad IV minature.jpg|thumb|right|Murad&nbsp;IV by [[Abdulcelil Levni]]]]

Murad&nbsp;IV was for a long time under the control of his relatives and during his early years as Sultan; his mother, [[Kösem Sultan]], essentially ruled through him. In this period, the [[Safavid Empire]] invaded [[Baghdad Eyalet|Iraq]], Northern [[Anatolia Eyalet|Anatolia]] erupted in revolts, and in 1631 the [[Janissary|Janissaries]] stormed the palace and killed the Grand Vizier, among others.

At the age of 16 in 1628, he had his brother-in-law (his sister [[Fatma Sultan (daughter of Ahmed I)|Fatma Sultan]]'s husband, who was also the former governor of Egypt), [[Kara Mustafa Pasha (governor of Egypt)|Kara Mustafa Pasha]], executed for a claimed action "against the law of God".<ref name="France1796-51">{{cite book |title=Accounts and Extracts of the Manuscripts in the Library of the King of France |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WJFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51 |volume=2 |year=1789 |publisher=R. Faulder |page=51 |quote=The sultan Morad put him to death in the year 1037 [AH], for some action which was contrary to the law of God.}}</ref>

After the death of the Grand Vizier Çerkes Mehmed Pasha in the winter of [[Tokat]], Diyarbekir Beylerbeyi Hafiz Ahmed Pasha became a vizier on 8&nbsp;February 1625.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=225}}

An epidemic, which started in the summer of 1625 and was called the [[plague (disease)|plague]] of Bayrampaşa, spread to threaten the population of [[Constantinople]] (present day [[Istanbul]]). On average, a thousand people died every day. The people fled to the Okmeydanı to escape the plague. The situation was worse in the countryside outside of Constantinople.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=225}}