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Hürrem (Roxelana), the haseki sultan during Suleiman's reign.. The 16th century was marked by Suleiman's rule, in which he created the title of haseki sultan, the chief consort or wife of the sultan, and further expanded the role of royal women in politics by contributing to the creation of the second most powerful position in the Ottoman Empire, valide sultan, the mother of the sultan.
This period was novel for the Ottoman Empire but not without precedent since the Seljuk rulers, the predecessors to the Ottomans, often let noble women play an active role in public policy and affairs, despite the resistance of other male officials. [2] [page needed] During the fourteenth century, the agency of women in government began to shrink.
17th-century women from the Ottoman Empire (2 C, 6 P) 18th-century women from the Ottoman Empire (4 C, 5 P) 19th-century women from the Ottoman Empire (10 C, 5 P)
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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 ...
So ottoman princesses held the title of sultan after their given name. This usage underlines the Ottoman conception of sovereign power as family prerogative. [1] The formal way of addressing an Ottoman princess is Devletlû İsmetlu (given name) Sultân Aliyyetü'ş-Şân Hazretleri, i.e., Sultana (given name).
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13th-century women from the Ottoman Empire (1 C, 2 P) 14th-century women from the Ottoman Empire (2 C, 5 P) 15th-century women from the Ottoman Empire (4 C, 11 P)