 They may have circulated rumors of the sultan's mental instability subsequent to the coup in order to legitimize it.He commenced his reign by executing all those who had taken any share in the murder of Sultan Osman.Hoca Ömer Efendi, the chief of the rebels, the kızlar Agha Suleiman Agha, the vizier Dilaver Pasha, the Kaim-makam Ahmed Pasha, the defterdar Baki Pasha, the segban-bashi Nasuh Agha, and the general of the janissaries Ali Agha, were cut into pieces.