Mehmed ordered the execution of his nineteen half brothers. Ahmed's elder brother Sehzade 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, died after 1623) in a separate mausoleum built by Ahmed in Sehzade Mosque, Istanbul.

Reign

Ahmed ascended the throne after his

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