Sultanate of Women

Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent

Consort of Ahmed, Valide Sultan and regent of Murad IV and Ibrahim I, grandmother and regent of Mehmed IV

Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1583

“Queen Mother” in the Ottoman Empire

Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603

sixth Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1683

130-year period during the 16th and 17th centuries when the women (mothers or wives of the Sultan) of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire had great political influence over the state

the chief consort of an Ottoman sultan

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