He Was Locked in a Room for 22 Years — Then Made Sultan #Shorts

[00:00:00]Every one of his brothers is executed.

[00:00:03]He is kept in a single room for 22 years.

[00:00:07]He is certain he is next.

[00:00:10]Then they make him Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

[00:00:14]His name is Ibrahim.

[00:00:17]From early childhood, he lives in the Kaves.

[00:00:20]A set of guarded rooms in Topkapi Palace.

[00:00:24]Ottoman custom isolates rival princes to prevent coups.

[00:00:29]He watches his brothers dragged away one by one.

[00:00:33]The executioners always return.

[00:00:36]He hears the screams.

[00:00:39]For years, he waits for his door to open.

[00:00:43]His mind begins to fracture.

[00:00:46]By his 20s, terror has consumed him completely.

[00:00:50]Then Sultan Murad the Fourth dies in 1640.

[00:00:55]No surviving heirs remain.

[00:00:58]Ibrahim is the only living Ottoman prince left.

[00:01:02]Officials arrive at his door.

[00:01:05]He cowers inside shaking.

[00:01:08]He begs them not to kill him.

[00:01:11]They force the door open.

[00:01:14]They tell him the truth.

[00:01:16]You are Sultan now.

[00:01:18]You rule the empire.

[00:01:21]He reigned for nine chaotic years.

[00:01:24]His mind is shattered.

[00:01:27]The council deposes him.

[00:01:29]He is strangled at 34.

[00:01:32]They bury him in the same palace where he spent most of his life locked away.

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