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Also known as Füldane Hatun, Halime Hatun, Füldane Halime Sultan, Füldane Halime Hatun

Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1617–1618, 1622–1623)

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Halime Sultan was a female consort and slave in the Ottoman Empire. Born in Abkhazia in 1576, she held the position of valide sultan. Her religion was Islam, and she was the unmarried partner of Mehmed III.

She had four children, including Mustafa I, Şehzade Mahmud, and Halime Sultan. Halime Sultan died in Istanbul in 1623 and was buried in the same city.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1987-04-24
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Key facts

First tenure
22 November 1617 – 26 February 1618
Predecessor
Handan Sultan
Successor
Herself (1622)
Second tenure
19 May 1622 – 10 September 1623
Born
c. 1570 , Abkhazia , Ottoman Empire
Died
after 1623, Old Palace , Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
Burial
Mustafa I Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque , Istanbul
Consort of
Mehmed III ​ ( died 1603 ) ​
Issue
Şehzade Mahmud , Hatice Sultan, Fülane Sultan, Halime Sultan (?), Mustafa I
House
House of Osman ( by marriage )
Religion
Sunni Islam , previously Eastern Orthodox

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Encyclopedic overview

Halime Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: حلیمه سلطان; c. 1570 – after 1623) was a consort of Sultan Mehmed III, and the mother of Sultan Mustafa I. The first woman to be Valide Sultan twice and the only to be Valide twice of a same son. She was a de facto co ruler of Ottoman Empire as Valide Sultan from 1617 to 1618 and again from 1622 to 1623, as her son was mentally unstable. Halime was also one of the prominent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women.

Halime lived in the Ottoman Empire as a courtier during the reign of seven Sultans: Murad III, Mehmed III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I, Osman II, Murad IV.

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