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Kösem Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: كوسم سلطان; [a] 1589 – 2 September 1651), also known as Mahpeyker Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ماه پیكر; [b] lit. ' Moon visage '), was the Haseki Sultan as the chief consort and legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I, Valide Sultan as a mother of sultans Murad IV and Ibrahim and Büyük Valide Sultan as a grandmother of Sultan Mehmed IV as well ...
The series follows the life of Kösem Sultan, the most powerful and influential woman in the Ottoman Empire.It chronicles her journey from being brought as a slave into the Imperial harem of Ahmed I, through her rise to power and influence as Haseki Sultan, to becoming a formidable ruler who dominated the Ottoman Empire as Valide Sultan and Naib i Sultanat during the reigns of her sons Murad ...
Ayşe Sultan was married firstly in 1612 to Gümülcineli Nasuh Pasha (d. 1614), Grand Vizier 1611–14. [1] [6] [3] The celebrations of their engagement and wedding ceremonies, as well as those of her sister Gevherhan Sultan and Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha, which took place in succession over a number of months of 1611 and 1612, were sponsored by Ahmed, and were so elaborate and extravagant that ...
Burnaz Atike Sultan was born in Constantinople, in the Topkapi Palace, probably between 1614 and 1616.Her father was the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I. [2] [3]The identity of her mother is controversial, due to the inaccuracy of her date of birth: she could be a daughter of Kösem Sultan and maybe the twin of Şehzade Kasim or one of her other children, or be born of an unknown concubine.
Although this was a time when imperial women held unprecedented power, they were not without opponents. In 1582, a grand vizier openly expressed his anger at a valide sultan's presence in the council. In 1599, the Shaykh al-Islām complained about the valide's involvement in government affairs, especially in appointments and dismissals. In 1640 ...
Mihrimah Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: مهرماه سلطان, "sun and moon" or "light of the moon", Turkish pronunciation: [mihɾiˈmah suɫˈtan]; 1522 – 25 January 1578) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent and his wife, Hürrem Sultan.
Ibrahim was born on 5 November 1615, the son of Sultan Ahmed I and his Haseki Sultan and perhaps legal wife, Kösem Sultan. When Ibrahim was 2, his father suddenly died, and Ibrahim's uncle Mustafa I became the new sultan. Kösem Sultan and her children, including young Ibrahim, were sent to the Old Palace.
At the same time, the bailo sent information to Venice and received generous gifts for the Sultan and sultana. [16] On December 24, Safiye Sultan sent a reply thanking Venice for the gifts and for the fact that «the Venetian gentlemen share her joy.» The Venetian Senate immediately sent a letter of congratulations on the occasion of the ...