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haseki sultan
Sign in to savethe chief consort of an Ottoman sultan
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- queen consort
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
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- Haseki Sultan.jpg
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Hürrem Sultan, the first haseki of the Ottoman Empire Haseki Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خاصکى سلطان, romanized: Hāṣekī Sulṭān, Turkish pronunciation: [haseˈci suɫˈtaːn]) was a title used for the favorite consort of an Ottoman sultan. It was created for Hürrem Sultan, the legal wife of Suleiman the Magnificent. The title lost its exclusivity under Ibrahim, who bestowed it upon eight women simultaneously, but continued to be used until the 17th century, when kadın became the highest-ranking title for imperial concubines.
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