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List of Ottoman imperial consorts

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This is a list of consorts of the Ottoman sultans, the wives and concubines of the monarchs of the Ottoman Empire who ruled over the transcontinental empire from its inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.

Honorific and titles

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Hatun

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Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: خاتون) was used as an honorific for women in the Ottoman period, roughly equivalent to the English term Lady. The term was being used for the Ottoman sultan's consorts. When the son of one of the consorts ascended the throne she became Valide Hatun (Mother of Sultan).

Sultan

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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" after their given names. Consequently, the title "Valide Hatun" also turned into "Valide Sultan". In this time, the title "Haseki Sultan" was created and used for the legal wife or Chief Consort of the Ottoman Sultan. For example, Hafsa Sultan, Suleiman's mother and first valide sultan, and Hürrem Sultan, Suleiman's legal wife and first haseki sultan. This usage underlines the Ottoman conception of sovereign power as family prerogative.[1] Towards the end of the seventeenth century the title hatun and sultan for imperial consorts was replaced by Kadın and Ikbal.

Kadın

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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.

Ikbal

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Ikbal (Ottoman Turkish: اقبال) was the title given to the official consorts of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who came below the rank of Kadın. Their honorific was "Hanim".

Consorts of the Ottoman sultans

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Portrait Name Birth name Origin Place of Origin Marriage Spouse
Malhun Hatun Mal Turkish Anatolia Osman I
Rabia Bala Hatun Rabia Turkish Turkey
Eftendize Hatun Eftandise Turkish Anatolia 13th century Orhan I
Asporça Hatun Holofira, Olivera or Glafira Greek Bilecik
Nilüfer Hatun Unknown Greek Byzantine Empire
Theodora Hatun Theodora Kantakouzene Greek Byzantine Empire 1347 (legal marriage)
Gülçiçek Hatun Unknown Greek Byzantine Empire 1359 (disputed) Murad I
Thamara Hatun Kera Tamara Bulgarian Bulgarian Empire 1370 (legal marriage)
Melîke Hatun Melîke Turkish
Füldane Hatun Maria Dejanovic Dragas Serbian Serbian Empire
Fülane Hatun Olga Dejanovic Dragas Serbian, daughter of Konstantin of Kostendil'[2] Serbian Empire 1372 (legal marriage) Bayezid I
Sultan Hatun Turkish Kütahya,
Germinayid Principality
1378 (disputed)
Angelina Hatun Angelina Greek[3][4]
Hafsa Hatun Hâfize Turkish Birgi, Aydinid Principality 1390 (legal marriage)
Olivera Despina Mileva Olivera Lazarević Serbian Kruševac, Serbia 1390 (legal marriage)
Marija Hatun Maria Daughter of the Hungarian count Janos, she was freed by Timur and handed over to Henry III of Castile. She later married Payo Gomez de Soto Mayor[3][5]. Hungary
Karamanoğlu Hatun
Devlet Hatun

Emine Hatun

Emine

Turkish Elbistan,
Dulkadirid Principality
Mehmed I
Şahzade Hatun Turkish Amasya,
Kutluşah Principality
Kumru Hatun
Halime Hatice Hatun Murad II
Hüma Hatun Slave of Slavic or Greek origin
Mara Despina Sultan Mara Branković Serb Serbian Despotate 1435 (legal marriage)
Yeni Hatun Turkish Turkey
Emine Gülbahar Mükrime Hatun Albanian,[6] Slavic,[7] Pontic Greek or Turkish Unknown Mehmed II
Gülşah Hatun Serb Serbia
Anna Hatun Anna Komenene Greek Greece
Sittişah Hatun Mükrime Turkish Elbistan,
Dulkadirid Principality
1449 (legal marriage)
Çiçek Hatun Serb or Turkish Serbia
Helena Hatun Helena Palaiologina Greek Greece
Maria Hatun Greek
Hatice Hatun Hatice Turkish
Şirin Hatun Bayezid II
Hüsnüşah Hatun
Bülbül Hatun
Nigar Hatun
Gülruh Hatun
Ayşe Hatun Ayşe Turkish Elbistan,
Dulkadirid Principality
Muhtereme Ferahşad Hatun
Gülbahar Hatun
Gülfem Hatun
Mühurnaz Hatun
Ayşe Hatun Crimean Crimean Khaganate Selim I
Şirin Hatun
Nilüfer Hatun
Hafsa Sultan European, Turkish or Circassian[8] Unknown
Zeynep Hatun
Suleiman I
Fulane Hatun Montenegro
Mahidevran Hatun Albanian,[9] Abkhaz, Circassian or Montenegrin[10] Albania, Circassia or Montenegro
Hürrem Sultan Ruthenian Rohatyn, Kingdhom of Poland 1534 (legal marriage)
Gülfem Hatun
Emine Hatun Selim II
Nurbanu Sultan Cecilia Venier-Baffo, Kalē Kartanoū or Rachel Venetian, Greek or Jewish Paros, Republic of Venice?
Esma Hatun
Selimiye Hatun
Nuray Hatun
Neylan Hatun
Leyla Hatun
Safiye Sultan Albanian Albania, Dukagjin Highlands Murad III
Zerefsan Hatun
Nazperver Hatun Dobra Basarab Moldovan Moldova
Fakriye Hatun
Elif Hatun
Aygül Hatun
Şahıhuban Hatun
Rashida Hatun
Helena Hatun
Şemsiruhsar Hatun
Mihriban Hatun Unknown
Handan Sultan Bosnian or Greek Bosnia or Greece Mehmed III
Halime Sultan Abkhaz Abkhazia
Fülane Hatun
Mahfiruz Hatice Sultan[8][11] Unknown Presumably Greek[8] or Serbian[12] Unknown Ahmed I
Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan Unknown [13] Greek Unknown[13]
Fatma Hatun
Șahzaman Hatun
Ayşe Sultan Osman II
Meylișah Meleksima Hatun Mariça? Serb Serbia
Akile Hatun Akile Turkish Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Ayşe Sultan Murad IV
Şemsperi / Semşişah Sultan
Sanavber Hatun
Unnamed Haseki
Esma Hatun
Ayse Mahziba Hatun
Zarife Hatun Ibrahim I
Turhan Sultan Russian[14][15][16][17][18][19] Ruthenia
Saliha Dilaşub Sultan
Hubyar Hatun Unknown Unknown
Hatice Muazzez Sultan Unknown[19] Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth?
Mahienver Sultan
Saçbağlı Leyla Sultan Unknown
Şivekar Sultan Maria Armenian Armenia
Ayșe Sultan Unknown
Hümaşah Sultan 1647 (legal marriage)
Șakizula Hatun
Şekerpare Hatun Unknown
Handanzade Hatun
Meleki Hatun
Emetullah Rabia Gülnüş Sultan From the Greek or Venetian Verzini family from the island of Grete[20][21][22][23] Rethymno, Crete, Republic of Venice Mehmed IV
Afife Hatun
Kaniye Hatun
Siyavuș Hatun
Gülbeyaz Hatun
Nezvruz Hatun
Cihanșah Hatun
Dürriye Hatun
Gülnar Hatun
Güneş Hatun
Hatice Hatun
Rukiye Hatun
Hatice Kadın Suleiman II
Behzad Kadın
İvaz Kadın
Süğlün Kadın
Şehsuvar Kadın
Zeyneb Kadın
Rabia Sultan Ahmed II
Şayeste Hatun
Alicenab Kadın Mustafa II
Afife Kadın
Saliha Sultan Saliha Sultan Greek
Şehsuvar Sultan Maria Russian Russia
Bahtiyar Kadın
Hatice Kadın
Ivaz Kadın
Hüsnuşah Kadın
Emetullah Kadın Ahmed III
Emine Mihrișah Kadın 1711 (legal marriage)
Rabia Șermi Kadın
Ayşe Mihri Behri Kadın
Hatem Hanım
Hanife Hatun
Rukiye Kadın
Fatma Hümaşah Kadın
Gülneş Kadın
Hürrem Kadın
Meyli Kadın
Hatice Kadın
Nazife Kadın
Nejat Kadın
Muslı Emine Kadın
Sadıka Kadın
Hüsnüşah Kadın
Ümmügülsüm Kadın
Zeyneb Kadın
Hace Ayşe Kadın Mahmud I
Hatem Kadın
Alicenab Kadın
Verdinaz Kadın
Hatice Rami Kadın
Tiriyal Kadın
Raziye Kadın
Meyyase Kadın
Fehmi Kadın
Sirri Kadın
Habbabe Kadın
Leyla Kadın Osman III
Zevki Kadın
Ferhunde Kadın Emine
Aynülhayat Kadın Mustafa III
Mihrişah Sultan Agnes Georgian Georgia
Fehmi Kadın
Rifat Kadın
Adilşah Kadın Ayşe
Binnaz Kadın
Gülnar Kadın
Ayşe Kadın Abdul Hamid I
Ruhşah Kadın
Binnaz Kadın
Nevrez Kadın
Ayşe Sineperver Sultan Georgian or Circassian
Mehtabe Kadın
Muteber Kadın
Şebsefa Fatma Kadın
Nakşidil Sultan Georgian Georgia
Hümaşah Kadın
Dilpezir Kadın
Mislimayab Kadın
Mihriban Kadın
Nükhetseza Kadın
Nefizar Kadınefendi Selim III
Afitab Kadın
Zibifer Kadın
Tabısafa Kadın
Refet Kadın
Nürumşems Kadın
Hüsnümah Kadın
Demhoş Kadın
Goçenigar Kadın
Mahtube Kadın
Aynisefa Kadın
Pakize Kadın
Meryem Hatun
Şevkinür Kadın Mustafa IV
Reykidil Kadın
Dilpezir Kadın
Seyyare Kadın
Fatma Kadın Mahmud II
Alicenab Kadın
Nevfıdan Pertevpiyale Kadın 1823
Dilseza Kadın
Mislinayab Kadın
Kameri Kadın
Ebrireftar Kadın
Bezmiâlem Sultan Georgian Georgia, within the Russian Empire 1822
Aşubcan Kadın 1808
Vüslat Kadın
Zernigar Kadın 1825
Nurtab Kadın
Haciye Hoşyar Kadın 1811
Pertizfekek Kadın
Pertevniyal Sultan Circassian 1830
Hüsnımelek Kadın
Tiryal Hanım 1826
Lebrizifelek Hanım
Servetseza Kadın Circassian Maykop, Russia 1837 Abdulmejid I
Tirimüjgan Kadın Circassian North Caucasus 1840
Düzdidil Kadın Ayşe Dişan Ubykh North Caucasus 2 October 1842
Şevkefza Sultan Gagra 1 August 1839
Zeynifelek Hanım 1841
Gülcemal Kadin Bosnian Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1840
Verdicenan Kadın Saliha Açba Sukhum, Georgia 17 December 1840
Nükhetsezâ Hanım Hatice Baras 21 October 1841
Mahitab Kadın Nuriye Chechen Makhachkala, Russia 1845
Nesrin Hanım Adile Asemiani 1842
Ceylanyar Hanım Nafiye Berzeg Ubykh Sochi, Russia 1847
Nergizev Hanım Natukhai Anapa, Russia 1847
Navekmisal Hanım Biberd 1848
Bezmiara Kadın Circassian Circassia 1849 - 1852 (Legal marriage)
Nalandil Hanım Çıpakue Natukhai Anapa, Russia 1850
Şayeste Hanım İnalipa Sukhum, Georgia 1851
Serfiraz Hanım Ayşe Liah 1852
Gülüstü Sultan Fatma Çaçba Sukhum, Abkhazia August 1854
Rahıme Perestu Sultan Rahime Gogen Ubykh Sochi, Russia 20 January 1856 (Legal marriage)
Dürrünev Kadın Melek Dziapş-İpa Batumi, Georgia 20 May 1856 Abdülaziz
Edadil Kadın Aredba Adlersky, Sochi, 1861
Hayranidil Kadın Kars, Ottoman Empire 21 September 1865
Nesrin Kadın Nesrin Zevş-Barakay Ubykh North Caucasus 1868
Gevheri Kadın Emine Svatnba Gudauta, Georgia 1872
Mevhibe Kadın Mevhibe Tarkanişvili Tbilisi, Georgia 21 January 1857 Murad V
Reftarıdil Kadın Hatko 4 February 1859
Şayan Kadın Safiye Zan Natukhai Anapa, Russia 5 February 1869
Meyliservet Kadın Circassian Batumi, Georgia 8 June 1874
Resan Hanım Ayşe Artvin, Ottoman Empire 2 November 1877
Nazikeda Kadın Tsanba 1863 Abdul Hamid II
Nurefsun Kadın Circassian North Caucasus October 1868 -
26 June 1879
Bedrifelek Kadın Karzeg Natukhai Anapa, Russia 15 November 1868
Bidar Kadın Talustan Georgian Kobuleti, Adjara, Georgia 2 September 1875
Dilpesend Kadın Azize Abkhazia Tbilisi, Georgia 10 April 1884
Mezidimestan Kadın Kadriye Mikanba Gagra, Georgia 2 February 1885
Emsalinur Kadın Kaya 20 November 1885
Müşfika Kadın Ayşe Ağırba Hopa, Caucasus 12 February 1886
Sazkar Hanım Atiye Maan Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Ottoman Empire 31 August 1890
Peyveste Hanım Rabia Emuhvari Pitsunda, 24 January 1893
Fatma Pesend Hanım Fatma Kadriye Açba Istanbul, Ottoman Empire 20 July 1896
Behice Hanım Behiye Maan Beynevi, Adapazarı, Ottoman Empire 10 May 1900
Saliha Naciye Hanım Zeliha Ankuap Georgian Yukarı Ihsaniye, Bartın, Ottoman Empire 4 November 1904
Kamures Kadın Ubykh 30 September 1872 Mehmed V
Dürrüaden Kadın Hatice Voçibe Circassian Caucasus 10 October 1876
Mihrengiz Kadın Fatma Ubykh Sochi, Russia 4 April 1887
Nazperver Kadın Emine Çikotua Istanbul, Ottoman Empire 1888
Dilfirib Kadın Circassian Istanbul, Ottoman Empire 1907
Nazikeda Kadın Emine Marşan 8 June 1885 Mehmed VI
Inşirah Hanım Seniye Voçibe Ubykh Maşukiye, Ottoman Empire 8 July 1905
Müveddet Kadın Şadiye Çıhcı Derbent, Russia 24 April 1911
Nevvare Hanım Ayşe Çıhcı Derbent, Russia 20 June 1918 -
20 May 1924
Nevzad Hanım Nimet Bargu Albanian Istanbul, Ottoman Empire 1 September 1921

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Peirce, Leslie P (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. ISBN 0-19-507673-7.
  2. ^ Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 89—90.
  3. ^ a b Alderson 1956, table XXIV (note 6).
  4. ^ Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 89.
  5. ^ Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 88—89.
  6. ^ Babinger 1992, p. 52.
  7. ^ Alderson 1956, table XXVII (note. 9).
  8. ^ a b c Alderson 1956, p. 83.
  9. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 55.
  10. ^ Iorga 1909, p. 344.
  11. ^ Süreyya, 1 Cild 1996, p. 20.
  12. ^ Iyigun 2015, p. 119.
  13. ^ a b İlgürel 2002; Tezcan 2008; Somel 2003.
  14. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 245.
  15. ^ Barzilai-Lumbroso 2008, p. 206.
  16. ^ Baer 2011, p. 35.
  17. ^ Cooke, Göknar & Parker 2008, p. 214.
  18. ^ Carsten 1961, p. 505.
  19. ^ a b Alderson 1956, p. 83
  20. ^ İpşirli 1996.
  21. ^ Uluçay 2011.
  22. ^ Sakaoğlu 2015.
  23. ^ Alderson 1956.

Sources

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Further reading

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  • Açba-Ançabadze, Leyla, Fürstin: Harem Hatıraları, Timaş Yayınları, Istanbul 2010.
  • Afife Rezzemaza: Saray'dan Sürgüne, Istanbul 2013
  • Aredba, Rumeysa, Fürstin: Sultan Vahdeddin'in San Remo Günleri, Istanbul 2009
  • Bardakçı, Murat: Şahbaba. Pan Yayıncılık, Istanbul 1998.
  • Mislimelek, Prinzessin: Saray'dan Sürgüne Bir Osmanlı Prensesi, Istanbul 2012 (Memoiren der Nichte von Emine Nazikeda und Schwiegertochter von Sultan Abdulhamit II.)
  • Öztuna, Yılmaz: İslam Devletleri. Istanbul 1989 (Devletler ve Hanedanlar, Band 2).
  • Uluçay, Çağatay: Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları, Ankara 1992
  • Ünüvar, Safiye: Saray Hatıraları, Istanbul 1965