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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 431 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AHMED I . (1589-1617), See also:

sultan of See also:Turkey, was the son of Mahommed III., whom he succeeded in 1603, being the first See also:Ottoman sultan who reached the See also:throne before attaining his See also:majority. He was of kindly and humane disposition, as he showed by refusing to put to See also:death his See also:brother Mustafa, who eventually succeeded him. In the earlier See also:part of his reign he gave proofs of decision and vigour, which were belied by his subsequent conduct. The See also:wars which attended his See also:accession both in See also:Hungary and in See also:Persia terminated unfavourably for Turkey, and her See also:prestige received its first check in the See also:peace of Sitvatorok, signed in 16o6, whereby the See also:annual See also:tribute paid by See also:Austria was abolished. Ahmed gave himself up to See also:pleasure during the See also:remainder of his reign, which ended in 1617; and See also:AHMEDABAD 431 demoralization and corruption became as See also:general throughout the public service as indiscipline in the ranks of the See also:army. The use of See also:tobacco is said to have been introduced into Turkey during Ahmed I.'s reign.

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