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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
7527647
Area
Coins
Title
Ottoman Empire 1 akce (AR10 of Ahmed I) 1603-1617
Country
Face value
Year
1610
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Gold- or silver content
Weight
0.3
Diameter
10
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Reverse
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM# 13.2
Catalogue number
Details
Ahmed ascended the throne after his father's death in 1603, at the age of thirteen, when his powerful grandmother Safiye Sultan was still alive. A far lost uncle of Ahmed, Yahya, resented his accession to the throne and spent his life scheming to become Sultan. Ahmed broke with the traditional fratricide following previous enthronements and did not order the execution of his brother Mustafa. Instead Mustafa was sent to live at the old palace at Bayezit along with their grandmother Safiye Sultan. This was most likely due to Ahmed's young age - he had not yet demonstrated his ability to sire children, and Mustafa was then the only other candidate for the Ottoman throne. His brother's execution would have endangered the dynasty, and thus he was spared.