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Hürrem Sultan

2014.04.26 12:38
Hürrem Sultan (Turkish pronunciation:   1500 – 18 April 1558, birthname unknown, according to later traditions either Alexandra Lisowska/La Rossa or Anastasia, also known as Roxelana, was the favorite consort and later the legal wife of  Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and...

Şehzade Mustafa

2014.03.30 13:49
Mustafa was born in 1515 in Manisa to Sultan Suleiman I. and his consort Mahidevran Sultan, while Suleiman was still a prince, Mustafa experienced problems in his relationship with his father since very early in his life. He was the first-born son and therefore the heir apparent to the throne, but...

Selim II.

2014.03.30 13:35
He was born in constantinople a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his legal Ukrainian wife, Hürrem Sultan. In 1545, at Konya he married Nurbanu Sultan, originally named Rachel Nasi (or Kale Katenou), mother of Murad III.  who later became the first Valide Sultan who acted as co-regent with...

Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha

2014.03.17 20:04
Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha ("Ibrahim Pasha of Parga"; 1493, parga, Republic of Renice – 15 March 1536, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire), also known as Frenk Ibrahim Pasha ("the Westerner"), Makbul Ibrahim Pasha ("the Favorite"), which later changed to Maktul Ibrahim Pasha ("the Executed") after his...

Ayşe Hafsa Sultan

2014.03.17 19:56
Ayşe Hafsa Sultan 5 December 1479 – 19 March 1534), or in short, Hafsa Sultan, was the first "Valide Sultan" (Queen Mother) of the Ottoman Empire, wife of Selim I and mother of Suleiman the Magnificent. During the period between her son's enthronement in 1520 and her death in 1534, she was one of...
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Suleyman I.

2014.02.13 18:05
Suleyman I. Suleyman I was born on 27th April 1495, Monday in Trabzon. His father was Sultan Selim I and his mother was Hafsa Sultan. Suleyman I was a tall man with a round face, hazel eyes broad forehead and a thin beard. Suleyman the Magnificent had reigned for forty six years (1520-1566) and...