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It
is
the
tomb
of
Sultan
Ahmet
I
and
his
relatives,
who
left
very
important
works
to
Istanbul
and
for
whom
a
district
was
named.
Ahmed
I
is
the
14th
Ottoman
sultan
and
the
93rd
Islamic
caliph.
His
father
was
Sultan
III.
Mehmed's
mother
is
Handan
Sultan.
Following
the
death
of
his
father,
he
ascended
the
throne
in
Eyüp
Sultan
on
December
21,
1603,
wearing
a
sword.
Sultan
Ahmet
I
is
considered
to
be
the
first
sultan
to
deal
intensively
with
state
affairs
among
the
sultans
after
Suleiman
the
Magnificent.
Sultan
Ahmet
I
could
not
recover
from
the
typhus
disease
he
caught
and
died
on
the
night
between
21
November
and
22
November
in
1617,
at
the
age
of
27,
and
was
buried
in
his
tomb
next
to
the
Sultanahmet
Mosque.
During
his
reign,
he
changed
the
dynastic
succession
system
and
abolished
the
law
of
fratricide.
He
replaced
it
with
the
system
where
the
most
sane
member
of
the
family
becomes
the
sultan
(Ekber
and
Erşet
system).
This
new
law
has
great
importance
in
Ottoman
history
in
terms
of
preventing
the
rivalry
and
throne
fights
between
princes
and
fratricide
for
the
throne.
His
wife,
Kösem
Sultan,
who
would
later
be
the
subject
of
films
and
novels,
rose
to
prominence
thanks
to
Ahmed
I.
It
had
a
great
influence
during
the
period
of
Ahmed
I
and
after.
Before
the
Sultanate
His
father
is
III.
He
was
born
as
the
second
of
Mehmed's
three
sons.
His
older
brother
is
Mahmud.
Prince
Mahmud,
known
as
a
prince
involved
in
military
and
administrative
affairs
and
the
strongest
candidate
for
the
sultanate,
was
killed
on
the
allegation
that
he
intended
to
take
the
throne.
This
is
also
a
surprising
development
for
Ahmed
I.
Thus,
the
way
to
the
throne
is
opened
for
him.
When
Prince
Ahmed
was
only
13
years
old,
his
37-year-old
father,
Sultan
III.
Mehmed
passes
away.
Just
as
his
father
was
the
ruler
who
died
at
the
youngest
age
compared
to
the
previous
Sultans,
Ahmed
I
was
the
youngest
ruler
among
those
who
ascended
to
the
throne
after
the
death
of
his
father.
Reign
Treaty
of
Zitvatoruk
According
to
the
treaty,
Eğri,
Esztergon
and
Kanije
castles
would
remain
with
the
Ottomans,
while
Raab
(Yanıkkale)
and
Komarom
castles
would
remain
with
the
Austrians.
Austria
was
to
pay
a
one-time
war
reparation
of
200,000 gold.
The
Archduke
of
Austria
would
be
considered
equal
to
the
Ottoman
Sultan
in
the
protocol,
and
the
Ottoman
Sultan
would
address
the
Archduke
of
Austria
with
the
title
of
Holy
Roman
Emperor
(Cesar/Kaiser)
in
correspondence,
and
mutual
gifts
would
be
sent
every
three
years.
The
annual
30,000
gold
tax
that
Austria
paid
for
Hungary
would
be
abolished.
Although
the
Treaty
of
Zitvatorok
seemed
to
be
in
favor
of
the
Ottomans,
the
Ottoman
Empire
was
no
longer
in
its
former
power.
With
this
treaty,
the
superiority
of
the
Ottoman
Empire
over
Austria
ended
and
the
political
balances
began
to
deteriorate
against
the
Ottoman
Empire.
Ramazanoğulları
Principality,
one
of
the
longest-lived
Anatolian
principalities,
was
subject
to
the
Ottomans
after
1514
during
the
reign
of
Yavuz
Sultan
Selim.
After
1608,
which
coincided
with
the
reign
of
Ahmet
I,
Adana
was
transferred
to
Aleppo;
The
Ramazanoğulları
Principality
came
to
an
end
when
Sis
and
Tarsus
were
annexed
to
the
Cyprus
Principality.
Thus,
Ahmet
I
officially
put
an
end
to
the
Ramazanoğulları
Principality.
Reforms
Akbar
and
Erşet
System
He
abolished
the
fratricide
law,
which
started
with
the
drowning
of
Princes
Ibrahim
and
Halil
during
the
reign
of
Murad
I
and
became
law
during
the
reign
of
Sultan
Mehmet
the
Conqueror
(Mehmed
II).
He
replaced
it
with
the
system
of
Ekber
and
Erşet
(the
eldest
sane
member
of
the
family).
Thus,
three
of
his
sons
became
sultans.
These
are
respectively;
Young
Osman,
IV.
Murad
and
İbrahim.
In
addition,
he
did
not
murder
his
brother
Mustafa
like
the
previous
sultans,
but
allowed
him
to
live.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
his
brother
Mustafa
also
became
sultan.
This
new
law
is
of
great
importance
in
Ottoman
history
in
terms
of
preventing
fratricide.
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