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The Sultanate of Women (Ottoman Turkish: قادينلر سلطنتى, romanized: Kadınlar saltanatı) was a period when some consorts, mothers, sisters and grandmother of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire exerted extraordinary political influence.
Ma'bar Sultanate (Persian: سلطنت مابار), also known as the Madurai Sultanate, was a short lived kingdom based in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. It was dominated by Hindustani speaking Muslims . [ 1 ]
The Sultanate of Women, an era that dates back to the 1520s, was a period during which high-ranking women wielded considerable political power and public importance through their engagement in domestic politics, foreign negotiations, and regency. Valide sultans, mothers of the sultan, gained considerable influence through harem politics.
Safiye was one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women. She lived in the Ottoman Empire as a courtier during the reigns of at least seven sultans: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, Murad III, Mehmed III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I and Osman II.
The Madurai Nayaks were a Telugu dynasty [1] who ruled most of modern-day Tamil Nadu, India, with Madurai as their capital and the Kingdom of Kandy, in Modern day Sri Lanka. The Madurai Nayaks had their origins in the Balija warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh . [ 2 ]
Madhura Vijayam (lit. The conquest of Madhura ()) or Vira Kamparaya Charitham (lit.The history of the brave king Kampa) is a mahākāvya (epic poem) in nine cantos (chapters), though possibly there was an extra canto (now lost) between the eighth and final canto.
Pages in category "Sultanate of Women" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Battle of Kannanur took place in 1342–43, in what is now Kannanur, Tamil Nadu, India.This clash involved the Hoysala dynasty and the Madurai Sultanate.King Ballala III of the Hoysalas led an expedition to conquer the Coromandal coast but faced opposition from the Madurai Sultan, Ghiyas-ud-din Muhammad Damghani.