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Rumours have it that, in his deathbed in 1640, ottoman sultan Murad IV ordered the execution of his brother Ibrahim. However, the order was not carried out, and Ibrahim succeeded his brother as sultan. His reign was notably affected by his mental instability.
But what if Ibrahim had actually been assassinated?
I hear that Murad IV and Ibrahim were the last male line members of the House of Osman. With both dead, who would take control of the Sublime Porte? The Girays?
Would the empire suffer a janissary revolt? If so, then will the new sultan execute an earlier Auspicious Incident, cave in to the janissaries’ demands, or will the empire disintegrate?
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