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Nilüfer Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: نیلوفر خاتون, water lily, called also Lülüfer Hatun or Ülüfer Hatun, died c.1363 [1]), was a concubine of Orhan, the second Ottoman sultan, and the mother of Murad I, Orhan's successor. She was the first slave of Christian origin to become the mother of an Ottoman Sultan.
Since one of Asporça's children, the only one whose birth date is known, was born in 1310, Asporça married Orhan in or shortly before that year. [8] She was the first of Orhan's two legal wives (the other was Theodora Kantakouzene, married in 1346) and she bore him two sons and two daughters.
Malhun Hatun is still persistent that Orhan shall not marry Holofira as she is a non-muslim and will not be able to do anything for a rising Muslim state. However, Orhan proposes to Holofira, but he married to Elcim Hatun daughter of Gunduz Bey before marriage Elcim doesn't accept this marriage because Orhan loves someone else but after some ...
She does business in Uc Bazar. Malhun Hatun wanted Orhan Bey to marry her as she was the daughter of a Turk Bey and a Muslim unlike Holofira. She saves Malhun's live during Karacelsun's raid. She dislikes Holofira for being the love interest of Orhan. Malhun later break relations with her when she attacks an innocent Holofira.
Osman talks to the people in the Uch Bazar about how he is taking back his allegiance and how Kestel Kalesi belongs to Kayi. Yakup Bey is disturbed by this. Malhun Hatun is still persistent that Orhan not marry Holofira as Holofira is non-Muslim and will not be able to do anything for a rising Muslim state. Meanwhile Orhan proposes to Holofira.
Orhan Ghazi (Ottoman Turkish: اورخان غازی; Turkish: Orhan Gazi, also spelled Orkhan; died 1362) was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his reign, Orhan focused his energies on conquering most of northwestern Anatolia.
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 ...
The traditional stories about her origin, traced back to the 15th century, are that she was daughter of the Byzantine ruler (Tekfur) of Bilecik, called Holofira. As some stories go, Orhan's father Osman raided Bilecik at the time of Holofira's wedding arriving there with rich presents and disguised and hidden soldiers. Holofira was among the ...