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The Sultanate of Women 1/3: Hürrem Sultan

The Sultanate of Women 1/3: Hürrem Sultan

The women ruled the Ottoman Empire for a century

History Tea Time

January 3, 202325m 15s

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Show Notes

Ottoman Sultans kept a harem of hundreds of enslaved concubines to bear their children. But from 1533 to 1656 a handful of remarkable women bent the harem system to their wills and exercised extraordinary political influence and power. This period is known as the The Sultanate of Women.

Hürrem Sultan

Mihrimah Sultan

Nurbanu Sultan

Safiye Sultan

Handan Sultan

Halime Sultan

Kösem Sultan

Turhan Sultan


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