Facts About Ibrahim I, The Man Who Lived In A Cage

In Ottoman history, Sultan Ibrahim I is known as one of the most extravagant rulers. Though he only ruled for a period of roughly eight years, his reign was defined by decadence, nepotism, sensuality, and, according to some, outbursts. Like many of the most captivating historical figures and celebrities, Ibrahim's life was tragic and curious.
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[@JakeC91]

“Despite all my rage I am still just a Sultan in a cage”

[@williamwinn948]

i love the smashing Sultans.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

He's intoxicated with the madness, too. Idk if he was in love with his sadness, though.

[@nicoledoubleyou]

Too bad he's not just a king, cuz that would flow a lot better

[@latte2797]

@@nicoledoubleyou despite all my rage I am still just a sult in a cage

[@utopia4056]

Barz

[@priatalat]

This is why the empire collapsed. Starting with Suleiman the magnificent, every emperor started locking away or killing their brothers and sons. So when they died and the next in line would be incompetent thanks to being locked away all their life.

[@tguit-fiddler5692]

Suleiman is always a bitch in Civ 6

[@darthralin]

Well, not quite. The fratricide law was put in place by Suleiman's great-grandfather Mehmed II, and it more or less required all Sultans to take out their brothers to prevent civil wars between factions backing different brothers. This system was abolished by İbrahim's father, Ahmed I, who instead put the cage system in place, where the non-reigning royals were confined to their assigned royal quarters in order to keep them from amassing independent power so that the fratricide could be outlawed without political fallout... As the case of Murad IV and his brothers shows, it backfired pretty effectively at keeping princes alive and really took away the princes' ability to increase their political and military skills. It did let some of the princes develop decent extra-curricular skills like composing or carpentry, but it could be argued that the princes were doing just fine on that front back when they were actually allowed to leave the palace and got to practice rulership in smaller scales, like how Suleiman the Magnificent was goldsmithing pretty well on his time off.

[@Atom1cDude]

@@darthralin I just came from watching the Netflix Docudrama Ottomans. Didn't know it was the same Mehmed II who started all this l, thought it was a thing started way back in the empire. It explains why there were so many pretenders held for political ransom by the byzantines or every other state around them during that time. Still Pretty fucked up though, because he basically wrote the Fatwa basically sanctioning the murder of all his children and children's children safe for one. That's a long stretch of justifying murder for a (barely) stable empire. They did last until 100 years or so, so who knows maybe he was right. Survival of the fittest and all. 🤔

[@darthralin]

@@Atom1cDude If that was all he did, he might not have stabilized the empire as much. But the fratricide law was a part of multiple measures to curtail the power of factions within the empire, while solidifying a centralized government. There were a bunch of smaller parts to it, but the fratricide law, the strengthening of the Janissary corps and the expansion of the bureaucracy of the state via the devshirme system are some of the big ones, and strongly curtailing the use of political marriages of the royal family with foreign royals or influential figures within the empire is another. All combined to try and ensure that the sultan wouldn't need to depend on any other powerbase inside or outside the empire. If the other measures had been less effective, the fratricide law just might have been the final nail on the Ottomans' coffin.

[@peterparker23974]

Killing brothers is an ottoman tradition from before suleiman. Mehmed II even made it law. It was replaced with imprisonment with Ahmed I in 1603

[@zach7193]

Man, that's something. He's similar to Caligula, Nero, Commodus, and Ivan the Terrible. Doesn't excuse what he did. But does go into detail what happened to him.

[@Keiji555]

Don't forget Elagabalus.

[@schizoidboy]

I was thinking Caligula myself when I heard the details. Likewise Caligula was the only surviving son of his family who were killed off by his uncle Tiberius; he was known for his wild spending, paranoia, and nonsensical rule.

[@brianticas2068]

Doesn't excuse what he did? Stop judging people. People that grow up to fucked up environments

[@mariakelly1059]

There's a terrific Turkish historical tv series called Magnificent Century Kosem, part of which shows what Ibrahim witnessed growing up. It's heartbreaking.

[@wintero671]

this was a great series

[@oliviastark1934]

you take a TV series as a history source? ridiculous go and read some objective books please, Turkish TV series are all romance bullshit

[@tig9495]

Dude is older than bipolar disorder

[@gustaftheone9279]

“Property of Ibrahims sister - not anymore LOL”. That little part/animation cracked me up

[@eddiesroom1868]

Timestamps or it didn't happen

[@aname5078]

Dude was insane. But you can’t say he wasn’t stylish.

[@lucasmcqueen7815]

He was Kanye before Kanye

[@censusgary]

I’ve got sort of a grudging respect for a guy who dresses his cats in sable capes.

[@DawnOldham]

This was almost too crazy to be believed! The poor countrymen he ruled! But, being locked in a cage at a young age and seeing your brother kill the rest of your brothers, you wouldn’t be a very mentally stable person.

[@redrosestark5983]

-ops! She died of a powerful illness… -What illness? -These hands!🤣

[@ronaldwebster9683]

I screamed when he said that! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@redrosestark5983]

@@ronaldwebster9683 me too. 😂

[@user-ru1zp7fq6k]

😂

[@sanaracha8765]

Also he fell in love with a woman named Sekerpare Hatun. He loved her so much that he gifted her gold as much as her weight. Which was 330lbs.

[@themeanbean7111]

yo mama moment

[@YurinanAcquiline]

Thicc🤭

[@Ancient_Chronicler]

She was from Georgia 🇬🇪 I believe

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

there have been many different measurements in many places for a long time called "pounds" though.

[@sanaracha8765]

@@Ass_of_Amalek actually i am turkish and we use kilogram she was 150 kilogram but i used pound idk why it was two months ago

[@SliceOfLife3]

Times like these seem horrible, yet I find myself wanting to live for a short time in these eras. Would be amazing to understand the way of life then.

[@McGregorsPlumbingandHeating]

Bro you wouldn't last a week in those times. You are not built like that. It's just facts no cap

[@O.Uch1992]

I thought I was the only one ✌️

[@JoSe8Y]

Absolutely

[@mariakelly1059]

Oh no you wouldn't!

[@morganvanderford6173]

Depending on what you believe, maybe you already did!

[@HesarealNoWhereMan]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The citizens pay for our leaders extravagant and lavish lifestyle. While we have to work 8 to 10 to 12 plus hours to make ends meet. It's a damn shame.

[@sleeplesshollow4216]

During the High Medieval age there were the serfs/commoners who were what we think traditionally as peasants and merchants, then Citizens who had important tasks (Royal blacksmiths who make arms for the kingdom, tax collectors, etc) and this was essentially the middle class. In-fighting between commoners and Citizens was constant while nobles Monarchs were tyrannical fat cats to whom those hated tax collectors gave all their money to and were almost entirely unaffected by the common laws everyone else had to follow. making the lower and middle class fight each other while the elite reap the rewards has sadly been the human condition for....ever. I don't think we've culturally advanced nearly as far from that time period as we have technologically.

[@Cafeallday222]

Yep, it’s coming around full circle now - American is also due to crash soon. According to history they’re at the point when other countries like England and Rome fell and also show similar changes, like massive money printing/inflation and fighting between the “lower” classes, rich getting richer etc.

[@sleeplesshollow4216]

@@Cafeallday222 As an American, definitely...and I think Rome is the best example for America in that it will likely not totally collapse, but split apart, like Western Rome that fell to darkness and the Eastern Roman Empire becoming the Byzantines and enduring on as a civilization. America is still one of the youngest countries on Earth, it has never stood the test of time and most likely won't. Just like with Rome, its republic-based democracy slowly became an oligarchy, and the next step is dictatorship with an emperor, only they likely won't use the word 'emperor' its about the totality of a single person's power. Once one person has nigh-unlimited power over vast swaths of people, it's only a matter of time until the wrong person gets that power and dissolves their own country/government through corruption with no one to stop them. Revolution is the only way forward at that point for the people, and what comes out of it tends to be the anthesis of what came before.

[@Cafeallday222]

@@sleeplesshollow4216 Agree! I’m in Canada but it’s the same, it’s so corrupt and our own government have been breaking our Charter of Rights; not allowing people in or out of the country which is 100% illegal :/ we rely so much on the US that when the US falls/splits we’ll be right there with you, picking up the pieces

[@Tepaneca]

Capitalism lol

[@yolakin8210]

Crazy Ibrahim’s reign was definitely a decline in the Ottoman Empire. Weak rulers usually signify a down turn.

[@lerneanlion]

I would definitely love to her about the reign of Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire later on! So please, do a video about him!

[@onur6145]

The End of The Jannisaries

[@user-yt5xj3pv3w]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q36oYWyGrc2bsLs finally it's here.

[@danishviking1772]

i would love to hear more about the ottoman empire especially its government system

[@alkasah4softs129]

chikout History Matters video on the Ottoman "the rise of the Ottoman empire"

[@onur6145]

@@alkasah4softs129 This is not a useful source about Ottoman Empire. Even some KZbin videos are better than that.

[@user-yt5xj3pv3w]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q36oYWyGrc2bsLs finally it's here.

[@ojeda5577]

i would love to hear about what happened to my ottoman

[@ojeda5577]

part of my couch sectional..... thanks. this had been my Ted talk

[@sesi5289]

His mom was aware of he became insane in that cage but she wanted him sit in the throne for 8 years.Just to hold the power in her hands.When he got out of control she decided to take him down.That could have done earlier 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@toetoes8079]

“What powerful illness?” “These hands.”

[@fatmanobby4329]

The history man on the internet is teaching me again 😌

[@user-yt5xj3pv3w]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q36oYWyGrc2bsLs finally it's here.

[@ghibbs2693]

The fact that you put so much history facts in your videos is amazing. I can feel my brain getting bigger each video haha. Also, it would be really nice if you explored more about Canada.

[@michaelsinger4638]

He was so inept that even his own mother felt that he had to die by the end.

[@StarTexaspets]

"These hands" jokes always hit 😆

[@conniesetter6620]

LOVE your narration! Historic with a dash or two of hilarity. 👍 Thanks for another wonderful history lesson. 🥇 🖖🐾

[@smorgasbroad1132]

That was a very good video. Don't know much about Ottoman history, so it was refreshingly new to me. Thanks.

[@davidjameslicwasen6080]

Great History and facts, Thanks man, This helps me and us.❤🥰

[@deku7522]

Easily one of my favorite Weird History videos- the information was cool but the jokes were so spot on...chuckled throughout

[@arjaygee]

He would have flavored his coffee with ambergris, not with amber. Ambergris was also used to flavor hot chocolate in Europe during the 1700s.

[@akaroth7542]

That's a pretty big fuckup on their part. Good catch.

[@arjaygee]

@@akaroth7542 Thanks. Amber doesn't really have a taste.

[@akaroth7542]

@@arjaygee the dead stuff inside can ; )

[@arjaygee]

@@akaroth7542 Sure, if you have the patience to extract it ...

[@Mia-ep4zu]

I would love to hear your take on Erik the XlV of Sweden who married a peasant girl and murdered som Noble men by stabbing them. Died in prison probably murdered by his younger brother.

[@Lionstar16]

He also tried really (and I mean REALLY) hard to marry the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I

[@Mia-ep4zu]

@@Lionstar16 That's true!

[@SunflowerHeliotrope]

I would love to see a video about Ibrahim’s mother! She sounds like a true powerhouse.

[@lauri8696]

Here on you tube is a series about her 60 episodes. Kosem sultan very good you see how she started being an innocent girl to become valide kösem sultan who killed her son and wanted to kill her grandson

[@SunflowerHeliotrope]

@@lauri8696 cool! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@aarondemiri486]

"being sultan means you can use people like pokemon" love it hahaha

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

It's amusing to see how much Frank Herbert drew off Ottoman history in his Dune series. This guy here totally sounds like a Harkonnen.

[@PheOfTheFae]

Yeah I feel kinda bad for him in many ways - he had massive amounts of trauma that obviously messed him up for life. That doesn't excuse things like "drown your whole harem in a jealous fit," but all these stories of mad monarchs who should have never ruled in the first place, it's like, how do they not have rules like "hey if this person is a total mess maybe just put them in a fine house to live out their days and let the next person in line rule."

[@Thoran666]

The drowning is quite normal, at least for a Crusader Kings player. The cow bottom to satisfy his lust is a very unusual taste.

[@miuleauna4967]

It's always so confusing to me when rulers like this exist and for years on end. I understand those in high positions of power below him wouldn't want to go against him too much because then that could topple the whole system that they're also benefiting from but... when they're this insane and awful? And literally not a single soul is safe? But they're also like individually a weak person and they don't even have like many strong body guards that super loves them? Like I'm sure he had bodyguards of a sort but considering how awful he was I find it hard to consider that they'd feel terribly loyal to him. Also because of his murdering there seems to be a high turnover rate so there wouldn't even be much time to build loyalty. I just don't understand why a different high-level politician didn't devise a coop or assassination.

[@theodorsebastian4272]

Imagine if you rebel against him and failed,What kind of cruelty will be done to you.

[@miuleauna4967]

@@theodorsebastian4272 my confusion comes from the fact that he seems like such a weak and unstable ruler, it seems impossible to fail 😅 but perhaps that's just the confidence I can have while I sit safely in my modern room, never really knowing what it would feel like to live under his rule

[@guilhermesstrueb881]

Well, under him there was a lot of powerful people who depended on his rule. And sometimes the people who organize a coup, build a bad reputation to justify their power grab. (Peter III of Russia was a victim of this situation).

[@magicknight13]

This is super informative and I also like your super funny commentary!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 😲

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@guineapig1978]

"these hands", made me laugh out loud and scare my cat off

[@ronaldwebster9683]

Me too! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BloodyKitten66]

Fun video! I believe Ibrahim's mother's name is pronounced "Koh-sehm".

[@sandrarajakovic7376]

Its spelled like its written Kosem

[@SoleNero21]

@@sandrarajakovic7376 kösem*

[@sanaracha8765]

As a Turkish I love this content

[@m.f.richardson1602]

Interesting Thank you 💕🇺🇸

[@FrankyDG]

Awesome channel, love the content. Can you maybe make a video about the rise and fall of the VOC (Dutch East India Company?

[@Med77m]

He had a trauma, considering his first days as a Prince.

[@kedi4556]

Actually they didn’t put them in real cages the cage I mean “kafes” What meant to be considered as whole ottoman palace in Istanbul. They were able to live in palace and the Palace’s Garden But they weren’t allowed to left Istanbul

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

the murders were real though.

[@sentiasatransformasi]

i feel bad for him. with that extremely hard childhood n the psychotic consequences he had to face bcs of that. n then suddenly became the ruler of one of the biggest empires in the world. his life must be very depressing. but I'm not saying that he can be excuses for his very cruel n disgusting behaviour

[@catinthehat906]

Nowadays he would be diagnosed with Complex PTSD and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. But I particularly like The Smith's reference at 0:34

[@scottblack7182]

What a story of evil if i have ever heard it. A boy is locked away by an evil man only to become an evil mad man and caused others to commit horrific acts to plz or calm him. People revered and bowed to these monsters. And nothing since than has changed.

[@PartyGhoul3000]

As a huge history nerd and Hanson fan girl didn't expect to hear their name in this video lol

[@AwkwardJenn]

Love the graphics in this video

[@indianasmith8152]

I read years ago - I think it was either in THE BOOK OF LISTS or perhaps in FELTON AND FOWLER'S BEST, WORST, AND MOST UNUSUAL that Ibrahim also favored VERY large women, and that the minimum weight for his harem was 500 pounds. You guys ever run across that?

[@BK-qk9ov]

Yeah, it was mentioned while I was still in school.

[@trempire7514]

@@BK-qk9ov lmao your school teaches these kind of stuffs??

[@Oonagh72]

This is so sad. I know if he hadn’t been locked up he might have been just as nuts, but wow.

[@senkakulenovic856]

Do a video about sultanate of women period, it's quite intriguing!

[@universalsoldier811]

Woow, you are indeed a gorgeous woman. Absolutely beautiful 🌻

[@senkakulenovic856]

Thank you very much! All the best 😊

[@universalsoldier811]

@@senkakulenovic856 Have a great life ahead. Love from India 🇮🇳 🙂

[@evoandy]

Do one about Louis XVI’s brother Philippe.

[@toptiermess]

please do a video about hurrem sultana!!!!!

[@Ciuff55]

Do a video about Napoleon Bonaparte! :)

[@mailforbid1989]

“Its the palace intrigue equivalent of ‘pics of it did’t happen’ ” I am not sure why, but this sentence alone cracks me up waaaay more than it should lol

[@StacyL.]

Please do Mehmet IV next!

[@jacksolomon1063]

Please do Sputnik Monroe.

[@tylereastburn1721]

“What she asks of me at the end of the day, Caligula would have blushed” I see what you did there

[@Dylan-lg4wg]

If the times were different I too, see myself in his position. May the way of the neet never die.

[@sleeplesshollow4216]

he spent his early childhood development locked up and watching his brothers being helplessly murdered by their own kin. Probably one of the few times the excuse 'bad childhood' is 100% valid, even though he should never have become ruler after going through that...

[@sou713]

"he should never have become ruler after going through that" Here's the thing tho... thanks to his brother's executions, Ibrahim was in fact the last living male of the Ottoman dynasty. Murad's final order to execute him would've made the throne pass to the Giray dynasty.

[@sleeplesshollow4216]

@@sou713 That last part is probably exactly why his mother didn't do it, because then she'd no longer have any power either. I'm willing to bet even she knew beforehand how madly the early childhood imprisonment left him, and thought all the better since this would make it easier for her to rule while he was being mad off doing mad things...which sort of worked. I think his brother is truly at fault though, if you're going to commit fratricide out of fear then at least do it all at once immediately when you gain power, not over time at your leisure.

[@RowanW05]

George III wouldn't be a bad shout for a video also keep up the good work

[@rosesbellydancers]

Please do a video about Hurrem sultan!!❤

[@jenniferhulett6100]

The way this man is proving Kosem is making my eye twitch.

[@justchill.8939]

Make a video about Napoleon Bonaparte

[@helloimskip]

Do an episode about "What was life like in Papal Rome."

[@chrissypoo69]

Crazy video

[@user-wh8mg4gh8d]

You need to do a video on the Bonapartes

[@esmith4646]

Love it commenting for the alg

[@onurcoskun3778]

There is a song for this "Pentagram-Lions in a cage"

[@feresmourali5783]

Please make a video about Emma Goldman!

[@jamesmccarthy5086]

Love the way u make his character move that makes me laugh out loud. Like at 8:53 he has a Visa card that’s just so funny

[@videogamevalley7523]

“cats with capes” ……… legend

[@nielubieinceli]

Who the hell is "KAJASIM Sultan"? 😂 Kösem = Kusem

[@maryjanegreen8687]

"These hands." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀

[@daisyhernandez4726]

Can you do a video about Giulia Tofana please?

[@juliebaldwin9561]

Will you do a video on Queen Himiko?

[@barreraboys94]

“These hands” 😂😂😂

[@GuerillaGrodd]

Would be interested to see more from the Vietnam War Era and Korea.

[@blackdeath1091]

Please Make A Video About Nowab Shirajuddola🖤🖤🖤

[@cassandrasimms7121]

“What powerful influence?” “These hands.” I’m dying lmao

[@motownmark1215]

Can we find more info on the " Sultan's of Swing" or perhaps a sing along..

[@alexm566]

imagine a modern day ruler with such unchecked powers.

[@jlshel42]

Harder to imagine someone with power and wealth not acting in such a way.

[@alexm566]

@@jlshel42 When was the last time you heard of a wealthy man drowning over 200 women? We're at a point where even saying the wrong word can get them cancelled and deplatformed.

[@steev6946]

They call him Putin

[@jlshel42]

@@alexm566 There's a whole world of bad people who aren't living on social media, fyi

[@alexm566]

@@jlshel42 what does that even mean? they're still people living in this world, do you have any examples of them?

[@RaviselvanChennai]

Pls make a video about Rajendra Chola

[@robinmisschien523]

Make a video about Michiel de Ruyter

[@paulccrimmins]

Most people who achieve this unlimited kind of power wind up becoming either really evil or nuts. I'm not really sure why that is

[@haveyouseenmyhat7586]

Sultan got a diamond. - in his beard. - A lot of people think.- that's kinda of weird.- Sultan got a diamond In his beard. Sultan got a diamond. In his beard.

[@bububububu6991]

Can you make one about belgian congo please

[@aaronkumar2841]

Could you do a video of tipu sultan please?

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

If only social media existed back then

[@GeorgeBuftea]

I'd like to see an episode featuring The great cassowary war

[@onurkara8828]

They did not teach this on our history class :(

[@HimanshuSingh-uv7cc]

Please make a video about MAURYAN EMPIRE

[@pinkbellycustoms2545]

The editing this episode is hilarious

[@candicesnyman7511]

All I took away from this was the image of his shaved cats running around in sable capes.

[@admiralgeneral9768]

Please make a video about Ethiopia 🇪🇹 🇪🇹 🇪🇹

[@marcuswaynethomas]

8:40 “These hands.” 😂

[@Benni777]

I love learning about Sultans on my birthday! 🥳☺️

[@onur6145]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@The7Reaper]

'Life under Caligulas rule' could make for a good video

[@SharonSmith1980]

"What powerful illness?" "These hands!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@milkymoo8252]

"He came through drippin" funniest four words put together in ages 😂😂 also really sad what happened to Ibrahim .

[@yourmaninlondoncollecting5749]

Drowning the Harem.... wow 🙄

[@joannapebbleworthy9343]

While making a video on some topic, it would be nice if you made some research on how to pronounce the names of the historical figures.