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Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: قادين) was the title given to the consorts of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The title officially first came in use during the reign of Sultan Suleiman II. The Sultan could have up to four and some times five women with the imperial rank of Kadın and unlimited number of women with the rank of Ikbal.
Lady. Title given to main imperial consort of Ottoman sultan from the 17th century. The title was a replacement of the early title Hatun. Format style: "(given name) Kadınefendi", i.e. Lady (given name) Full titles and styles: Devletlu İsmetlu (given name) (rank) Kadınefendi Hazretleri; Hanımefendi (خانم آفندی). Madam.
Most of the consorts of the Ottoman sultans were slave concubines rather than legal wives. The phrase "consort" includes all consorts, both legal wives and concubines. Concubines was by Islamic law by definition slaves, with different rights from wives. The consorts can be placed in the subcategories wives or concubines.
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 .
Rabia was the last woman in history to have this title: after Ahmed II's death, the main consorts of subsequent sultans were titled Kadın, a nonexclusive and less prestigious title. [9] Kara Mustafa Pasha, who had been executed in 1683, had left a large amount of assets that had been placed in the imperial treasury. In December 1692, diamond ...
Her origin is unconfirmed, but the consorts of the Ottoman sultans were by custom normally concubines of Christian origin, who came to the Ottoman Imperial harem via the Ottoman slave trade, and converted to Islam and given a slave name after their arrival. [3]
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.
Before the 16th century, Ottoman imperial princesses and consorts of the Sultan held the same title after their given name, hatun, the Turkish form of the Mongolian title khatun (the feminine equivalent of khan).