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Mehmed IV, Ottoman Emperor, (1808). Mehmed (1642-1693) was Sultan from 1648 until 1687. He came to the throne at the age of seven, succeeding his father, the mentally unstable Ibrahim I, who had been deposed in a coup. Mehmed's reign was significant as it was he who transferred many of the Sultan's executive powers to the Grand Vizier. Mehmed's reign ended when he was himself deposed in a coup in 1687, spending the rest of his days impisoned in the Topkapi Palace. From A series of Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, 1808.