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Sultan (سلطان) is a word of Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". By the beginning of the 16th century, the title of sultan, carried by both men and women of the Ottoman dynasty, was replacing other titles by which prominent members of the imperial family had been known (notably hatun for women and bey for men), with imperial women carrying the title of "Sultan ...
The Ottoman dynasty, named after Osman I, ruled the Ottoman Empire from c. 1299 to 1922. During much of the Empire's history, the sultan was the absolute regent, head of state, and head of government, though much of the power often shifted to other officials such as the Grand Vizier .
Among the longest living consorts of Abdulmejid, [2] Şayeste died on 11 February 1912 in the Çengelköy Palace at the age of about seventy-four outliving her daughter by thirty years. [2] She was buried in the mausoleum of Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Constantinople , today known as Istanbul .
Ayşe Sineperver Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عایشه سینه پرور سلطان; "the living one" or "womanly" and "Protectress of the Grace"; c. 1760 – 11 December 1828), also known as Ayşe Sineperver Kadın, was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I, and Valide Sultan to their son Sultan Mustafa IV of the Ottoman Empire.
The records of the Old Palace record the presence of Hümaşah for the last time in 1672.. It was initially believed that she died in that year, but the discovery of the report, dated 1676, by the Venetian ambassador Giacomo Querini, proves instead that Hümaşah, except for the normal harem protocol for the consort of deceased sultans, especially if they were mothers of children, she had ...
She was among the strongest consorts of Ibrahim in the Ottoman Harem's politics. [4] She gave birth to a son, named Şehzade Cihangir, in 1646, who died in infancy. In addition, all Damascus revenues were donated to Şivekar Sultan. [5] According to some historians, in 1647 Şivekar was responsible for the death of all the members of Ibrahim's ...
Saliha Dilaşub Sultan [3] (Ottoman Turkish: آشوب سلطان, "the devout one" and "queen bee's heart"; died 4 December 1689), also known as Aşub Sultan or Aşube Sultan, was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim and Valide Sultan to their son Suleiman II.
In 1699, after the death of the first consort Alicenab Kadin, Afife became the new First consort, or BaşKadin. When Mustafa II died in 1703, she was legally manumitted as an umm walad , since she had children with her master, and Mustafa II's successor Ahmed III ordered her to leave the Imperial harem by marriage, and choose her husband among ...