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The Ottoman Empire at the beginning of Mehmed II's second reign Roumeli Hissar Castle, built by Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before the Fall of Constantinople [12] When Mehmed II ascended the throne again in 1451, he devoted himself to strengthening the Ottoman navy and made preparations for an attack on Constantinople.
When Mehmed became sultan, she often provided him with advice. [11] Her court at Ježevo included exiled Serbian nobles. [12] According to Nicol, Mara was joined at "Ježevo" by her sister "Cantacuzina" in 1469. The two ladies acted as intermediaries between Mehmed and the Republic of Venice during the first Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479).
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 ...
Gülbahar entered in Mehmed's harem in 1446, when he was still a prince and the governor of Amasya.She had at least two children, a daughter, Gevherhan Hatun, born in 1446, who married Ughurlu Muhammad in 1474, [18] and a son, Şehzade Bayezid (the future Bayezid II), born in 1447 in Demotika.
She had a brother named Zeki Bey (1880s – 1930s). She was a niece of Dürriaden Kadın, a Sultan Mehmed V's consort (Mehmed VI older half-brother). [3] She was taken into palace by one of her relatives. [2] Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Inşirah.
Sultan Khan: The Grand Sultan, the chief title borne by the ruler of Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, equivalent to Emperor. Sultan us-Selatin: Sultan of Sultan, one of the many titles of the Sultan of Turkey. Sultanzade (or Sultanzada): literally "son of a Sultan", the title borne by the sons of Imperial Princesses. Sünnetçi: Circumciser.
By Mehmed II, she had a son: Şehzade Cem (22 December 1459 - 25 February 1495). He proclaimed himself Sultan and fought for the throne against his half-brother, Bayezid II. Defeated, he fled to Italy, where he died as a hostage in Capua, in the Kingdom of Naples. He had at least three sons and two daughters.
Hümaşah Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: هماشاہ سلطان, "phoenix of the Şah"; 1543-1582), also known as Hüma Sultan, [1] was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed (1521–1543) and the granddaughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire, and his favourite consort and legal wife Hurrem Sultan.