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The sovereigns' main titles were Sultan, Padishah (Emperor) and Khan; which were of various origins such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish or Mongolian. respectively.His full style was the result of a long historical accumulation of titles expressing the empire's rights and claims as successor to the various states it annexed or subdued.
For titles currently or historically used in modern Turkey (1923–present), see Category:Turkish titles. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
His grandsons in female line obtained instead the title of "Sultanzade". Bayezid's reform of female titles remains in effect today among the surviving members of the Ottoman dynasty. 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 Ottoman Empire was an absolute monarchy during much of its existence. By the second half of the fifteenth century, the sultan sat at the apex of a hierarchical system and acted in political, military, judicial, social, and religious capacities under a variety of titles.
Below is a list of people who would have been heirs to the Ottoman throne following the abolition of the sultanate on 1 November 1922. [46] These people have not necessarily made any claim to the throne; for example, Ertuğrul Osman said "Democracy works well in Turkey." [47] Ottoman family members including Şehzade Ömer Faruk and Sabiha Sultan.
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 ...
A Turkish Effendi (1862) Figurine of an effendi, circa 1770, hard-paste porcelain, height: 10.8 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) Effendi or effendy (Turkish: efendi; Ottoman Turkish: افندی, romanized: afandi; originally from Medieval Greek: αφέντης) is a title of nobility meaning sir, lord or master, especially in the Ottoman Empire and the Caucasus.
The etymology of the Turkish word itself has been a matter of debate. [7] Contrary to titles like emir (amīr) and bey (sir), which were established in usage much earlier, the title pasha came into Ottoman usage right after the reign of Osman I (d. 1324), though it had been used before the Ottomans by some Anatolian Turkish rulers of the same ...