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Kösem Sultan

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Kösem Sultan

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Also known as Mahpeyker, Mahpeyker Sultan

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

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Kösem Sultan was a person born in 1589 who died on September 2, 1651. Her country is listed as FR. She is associated with five works and has been referenced by 228 other encyclopedia articles.

In music databases, she is identified as an artist of type Person. Her profile on Last.fm indicates two listeners and a total playcount of five.

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HouseOttoman (by marriage) ReligionSunni Islam, previously Greek Orthodox Christian

Kösem Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: كسم سلطان; 1589 – 2 September 1651), also known as Mahpeyker Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ماه پیكر;), was the Haseki Sultan as a favorite consort and legal wife of Ottoman sultan Ahmed I, mother of Murad IV and Ibrahim, and grandmother of Mehmed IV. She effectively ruled as regent of the Ottoman Empire during the minority of Murad IV from 1623 to 1632, from 1640 to 1648 during the unstable rule of Ibrahim, and again from 1648 until her assassination in 1651 during the minority of Mehmed IV. She became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history, as well as a central and controversial figure during the period known as the Sultanate of Women.

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