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Handan Sultan
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fourth Valide Sultan of Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1605
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Handan Sultan (1570–1605) was a female valide sultan and slave in the Ottoman Empire. Born in the Sanjak of Bosnia, she held citizenship in the Ottoman Empire. Her religious affiliations included both Christianity and Islam. She served as the unmarried partner of Mehmed III.
Handan Sultan had five children, including Ahmed I and Şehzade Selim. She died on November 9, 1605, in Istanbul.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1987-04-24
Discography
- Fin de toi2011
- Ils sont pas prêts2011
- 4 étoiles2012
- Sois fier de c'que t'es2012
- Des jours meilleurs2012
- Condamné à régner2016
- Eternel challenger, pt. 12020
- Kikazaru2022
- Dolce2023
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,631x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,999x
- Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,501x
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Key facts
- Tenure
- 22 December 1603 – 9 November 1605
- Predecessor
- Safiye Sultan
- Successor
- Halime Sultan
- Born
- c. 1570 , Sanjak of Bosnia , Rumelia , Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 9 November 1605 (1605-11-09) (aged 34–35), Topkapı Palace , Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
- Burial
- Mehmed III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia , Istanbul
- Consort of
- Mehmed III ( died 1603 )
- Issue
- Fatma Sultan, Şehzade Selim, Şehzade Süleyman, Ayşe Sultan, Şah Sultan, Ahmed I
- House
- House of Osman ( by marriage )
- Religion
- Sunni Islam (converted)
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Encyclopedic overview
Handan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خندان سلطان; c. 1570 – 9 November 1605) was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III, and mother and Valide Sultan to their son Sultan Ahmed I. She was de facto regent for her son, a politically influential woman during her tenure from 1603 to 1605 for her son. Handan Sultan was one of the prominent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women and lived during the reign of three ottoman Sultans: Murad III, Mehmed III and Ahmed I.
After entering the Ottoman Imperial Harem—probably in 1583—she became one of the two known consorts of then-Prince Mehmed; she succeeded in having her third son, Ahmed, named the heir to the throne, after her husband's accession as Sultan Mehmed III in 1595, through alliances with her mother-in-law Safiye Sultan. Initially overshadowed by her mother-in-law and kept away from politics, she acquired power and influence after Mehmed III's death in 1603, becoming the Valide Sultan under her son, now Sultan Ahmed I.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Handan Sultan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.