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Mustafa IV
1807May, 29

Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.

Mustafa IV (; Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى رابع Muṣṭafā-yi rābi‘; 8 September 1779 – 16 November 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808.

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