List of Ottoman imperial consorts
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
Hatun
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
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
Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: قادين) was the title given to the official wives 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 i.e. wives with the imperial rank of Kadın and unlimited number of wives with the rank of Ikbal.
Ikbal
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.
Consorts of the Ottoman sultans
| Portrait | Name | Birth name | Origin | Place of Origin | Marriage | Spouse |
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Malhun Hatun (disputed) | Malhun | Turkish | Turkey | Osman I | |
| Rabia Bala Hatun | Rabia | Turkish | Anatolia, Turkey | |||
| Nilüfer (Bayalun) Hatun | Holofira | Greek | Bilecik | 1299 (legal marriage) | Orhan I | |
| Asporça Hatun | Asporsha | Greek | Byzantine Empire | |||
| Theodora Hatun | Theodora Kantakouzene | Greek | Byzantine Empire | 1347 (legal marriage) | ||
| Eftandise Hatun | Turkish | |||||
| Gülçiçek Hatun | Maria | Greek | Byzantine Empire | 1359 (disputed) | Murad I | |
| Thamara Hatun | Kera Tamara | Bulgarian | Bulgarian Empire | 1370 (legal marriage) | ||
| Melîke Hatun | Melîke | Turkish | ||||
| Füldane Hatun | ||||||
| Devlet Hatun | Serb | Serbian Empire | 1372 (legal marriage) | Bayezid I | ||
| Sultan Hatun | Turkish | Kütahya, Germinayid Principality |
1378 (diputed) | |||
| Angelina Hatun | ||||||
| Hafsa Hatun | Hâfize | Turkish | Birgi, Aydinid Principality | 1390 (legal marriage) | ||
| Olivera Despina | Mileva Olivera Lazarević | Serbian | Kruševac, Serbia | 1390 (legal marriage) | ||
| Marija Hatun | ||||||
| Karamanoğlu Hatun | ||||||
| Emine Hatun | Emine | Turkish | Elbistan, Dulkadirid Principality |
Mehmed I | ||
| Şahzade Hatun | Turkish | Amasya, Kutluşah Principality |
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| Kumru Hatun | Wallachian | Romania | ||||
| Halime Hatice Hatun | Murad II | |||||
| Hüma Hatun | Turkish | Amasya | ||||
| Mara Despina Sultan | Mara Branković | Serb | Serbian Despotate | 1435 (legal marriage) | ||
| Yeni Hatun | Turkish | Amasya, Tâceddin Principality |
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| Gülbahar Sultan | Anna Jelkamiz | Albanian | Albania | 1446 (legal marriage) | Mehmed II | |
| Gülşah Hatun | Turkish | Mut, Karamanid Principality |
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| Anna Hatun | Anna Komenene | |||||
| Sittişah Hatun | Mükrime | Turkish | Elbistan, Dulkadirid Principality |
1449 (legal marriage) | ||
| Çiçek Hatun | Crimean Tatar | Crimean Khanate | ||||
| Helena Hatun | Helena Palaiologina | |||||
| Maria Hatun | ||||||
| Hatice Hatun | Hatice | Wallachian | Romania | |||
| Şirin Hatun | Bayezid II | |||||
| Hüsnüşah Hatun | Turkish | Mut, Karamanid Principality |
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| Bülbül Hatun | Bosnian | Bosnia | ||||
| Nigar Hatun | ||||||
| Gülruh Hatun | ||||||
| Gülbahar Hatun | Ayşe | Turkish | Elbistan, Dulkadirid Principality |
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| Muhtereme Ferahşad Hatun | ||||||
| Ayșe Hatun | Bulgarian | Bulgaria | ||||
| Gülfem Hatun | ||||||
| Mühurnaz Hatun | ||||||
| Ayşe Hatun | Selim I | |||||
| Şirin Hatun | ||||||
| Nilüfer Hatun | Bosnian | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
| Hafsa Sultan | Hafsa | Crimean Tatar | Crimean Khanate | |||
| Zeynep Hatun | Polish | Poland | ||||
| Mükerrem Hatun | Wallachian | Romania | Suleiman I | |||
| Gülfem Hatun | Bulgarian | Bulgaria | ||||
| Mahidevran Gülbahar Hatun | Albanian | Albania | ||||
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Hürrem Sultan | Aleksandra Anastasia Lisovskaya | Ruthenian | Rohatyn, Kingdom of Poland | 1534 (legal marriage) | |
| Gülşah Sultan | Rachella | Hungarian | Baia Mare, Romania | |||
| Emine Hatun | Selim II | |||||
| Nurbanu Sultan | Cecilia Venier-Baffo | Italian | Republic of Venice | 1571 (legal marriage) | ||
| Esma Hatun | ||||||
| Selimiye Hatun | Russian | Russia | ||||
| Nuray Hatun | Georgian | Georgia | ||||
| Neylan Hatun | Italian | Italy | ||||
| Leyla Hatun | Georgian | Georgia | ||||
| Safiye Sultan | Albanian | Albania | 1576 | Murad III | ||
| Zerefsan Hatun | Polish | Poland | ||||
| Nazperver Sultan | Dobra | Romanian | Wallachia | 1578 | ||
| Fakriye Sultan | ||||||
| Elif Hatun | Russian | Russia | ||||
| Aygül Sultan | Greek | Greece | ||||
| Şahıhuban Sultan | Helenka | Crimean | Crimean Khanate | |||
| Rashida Sultan | Bulgarian | Bulgaria | ||||
| Helena Hatun | ||||||
| Şemsiruhsar Hatun | Greek | Greece | ||||
| Mihriban Sultan | Elena | Romanian | Romania | |||
| Handan Sultan | Helena | Bosnian | Bosnia | Mehmed III | ||
| Halime Sultan | Abkhazians | Abkhazia | ||||
| Șahrazad Hatun | Antuza | Romanian | Romania | |||
| Mahfiruz Hatice Hatun | Caucasian | Georgia (country) | Ahmed I | |||
| Kösem Sultan | Anastasia | Greek | Greece | Tinos, Greece | ||
| Fatma Hatun | Sahra | |||||
| Șahzaman Hatun | Marie | French | France | |||
| Ayşe Sultan | Iasmihan | Crimeans | Crimean Khanate | Osman II | ||
| Meylișah Meleksima Hatun | Angelina | Wallachian | Romania | |||
| Hiranur Hanım | Hiranur | Turkish | Ottoman Empire | 1622 (legal marriage)
(Legal marriage) | ||
| Akile Hatun | Akile | Turkish | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | |||
| Ayşe Sultan | Greek | 1631 (legal marriage) | Murad IV | |||
| Șemsperi Sultan | Hungarian | Kingdom of Hungary | ||||
| Huricehre Sultan | Indian | Mughal Empire | ||||
| Sanavber Sultan | Georgian | Georgia | ||||
| Șemsișah Sultan | Zilihan | Georgian | Dadiani Dynasty | 1634 (legal marriage) | ||
| Esma Sultan | ||||||
| Mahziba Sultan | Tadjikistan | Tajikistan | ||||
| Zarife Hatun | Ibrahim I | |||||
| Turhan Sultan | Russian | Slobodskaya | ||||
| Saliha Dilaşub Sultan | Katarina | Serbian | Serbia | |||
| Hubyar Sultan | Glafira | Wallachians | Romania | |||
| Hatice Muazzez Sultan | Polish, Lithuanians | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||
| Mahienver Sultan | Adriana | Wallachians | Târgoviște, Romania | |||
| Saçbağlı Sultan | Wallachians | Romania | ||||
| Şivekar Sultan | Armenian | Armenia | ||||
| Polye Sultan | ||||||
| Ayșe Sultan | ||||||
| Hümaşah Sultan | Georgians | Georgia (country) | 1647 (legal marriage) | |||
| Șakizula Hatun | ||||||
| Șekerpare Sultan | Moldavian | Moldova | 1648 (legal marriage) | |||
| Handanzade Hatun | ||||||
| Meleki Hatun | ||||||
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Emetullah Rabia Gülnüş Sultan | Greek | Rethymno, Crete, Republic of Venice | 1666 (legal marriage) | Mehmed IV | |
| Afife Sultan | ||||||
| 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 | Bisera | Bulgarians | Bulgaria | Ahmed II | ||
| Şayeste Hatun | ||||||
| Alicenab Kadın | Mustafa II | |||||
| Afife Kadın | ||||||
| Saliha Sultan | Elizaveta | serbians | Serbia | |||
| Şehsuvar Sultan | Rumelia | |||||
| Bahtiyar Kadın | ||||||
| Hatice Kadın | ||||||
| Ivaz Kadın | ||||||
| Hüsnuşah Kadın | ||||||
| Emetullah Kadın | Ahmed III | |||||
| Emine Mihrișah Sultan | 1711 (legal marriage) | |||||
| Rabia Șermi Sultan | ||||||
| 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 | 1760 (legal marriage) | ||
| Fehmi Kadın | ||||||
| Rifat Kadın | ||||||
| Adilşah Kadın | Ayşe | 1765 (disputed) | ||||
| Binnaz Kadın | ||||||
| Gülnar Kadın | ||||||
| Ayşe Kadın | Ayşe | Abdul Hamid I | ||||
| Ruhşah Kadın | Hatice | |||||
| Binnaz Kadın | ||||||
| Nevrez Kadın | ||||||
| Ayşe Sineperver Sultan | 1776 | |||||
| Mehtabe Kadın | ||||||
| Muteber Kadın | ||||||
| Şebsefa Fatma Kadın | 1781 | |||||
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Nakşidil Sultan | Georgian | Georgia | |||
| Hümaşah Kadın | 1775 | |||||
| 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 | Georgians | Georgia | 1822 | |||
| Aşubcan Kadın | 1808 | |||||
| Vüslat Kadın | ||||||
| Zernigar Kadın | 1825 | |||||
| Nurtab Kadın | ||||||
| Haciye Hoşyar Kadın | 1811 | |||||
| Pertizfekek Kadın | ||||||
| Pertevniyal Sultan | Persida | Romanian | Romania | 1830 | ||
| Hüsnımelek Kadın | ||||||
| Tiryal Hanım | 1826 | |||||
| Lebrizifelek Hanım | ||||||
| Servetseza Kadın | Temruko | Circassian | Maykop, Russia | 1837 | Abdulmejid I | |
| Tirimüjgan Sultan | Virijinia | Armenian | North Caucasus | 1840 | ||
| Düzdidil Kadın | Ayşe Dişan | Ubykh | North Caucasus | 2 October 1842 | ||
| Şevkefza Sultan | Zaurum | Gagra | 1 August 1839 | |||
| Zeynifelek Hanım | Klıç | 1841 | ||||
| Gülcemal Sultan | Hatice | 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 | ||
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Şayeste Hanım | İnalipa | Sukhum, Georgia | 1851 | ||
| Serfiraz Hanım | Ayşe Liah | 1852 | ||||
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Gülüstü Sultan | Fatma Çaçba | Sukhum, Abkhazia | August 1854 | ||
| Rahıme Perestu Sultan | Rahime Gogen | Ubykh | Sochi, Russia | 20 January 1856 (Legal marriage) | ||
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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 | |||
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Bedrifelek Kadın | Karzeg | Natukhai | Anapa, Russia | 15 November 1868 | |
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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 | |||
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Emsalinur Kadın | Kaya | 20 November 1885 | |||
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Müşfika Kadın | Ayşe Ağırba | Hopa, Caucasus | 12 February 1886 | ||
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Sazkar Hanım | Atiye Maan | Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Ottoman Empire | 31 August 1890 | ||
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Peyveste Hanım | Rabia Emuhvari | Pitsunda, | 24 January 1893 | ||
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Fatma Pesend Hanım | Fatma Kadriye Açba | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 20 July 1896 | ||
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Behice Hanım | Behiye Maan | Beynevi, Adapazarı, Ottoman Empire | 10 May 1900 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | |||
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Inşirah Hanım | Seniye Voçibe | Ubykh | Maşukiye, Ottoman Empire | 8 July 1905 | |
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Müveddet Kadın | Şadiye Çıhcı | Derbent, Russia | 24 April 1911 | ||
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Nevvare Hanım | Ayşe Çıhcı | Derbent, Russia | 20 June 1918 - 20 May 1924 | ||
| Nevzad Hanım | Nimet Bargu | Turkish | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | 1 September 1921 |
See also
- Ottoman dynasty
- Ottoman Empire
- List of mothers of the Ottoman sultans
- List of Valide Sultans
- List of Ottoman Sultans
Notes
- ^ 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.
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