Mehmed IV, Ottoman Emperor Finish:20-pack in the Targa Florio race

in the Targa Florio race

Hercules' club

'May Day (in London)'

His left hand grips the wooden arm of the chair

' The print appeared as the frontispiece to Memoir of the late Captain Joseph Huddart

Mehmed IV, Ottoman Emperor Finish:20-pack in the Targa Florio raceMehmed 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