Gevherhan sultan turhan bey biography

Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1683

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Turhan Hatice, the title is Sultan, and there is no family name.

Hatice Turhan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: تورخان سلطان, "merciful" or "noble"; c.

Gevherhan sultan turhan bey biography

1627 – 4 August 1683) was the first Haseki sultan of the Ottoman sultan Ibrahim (r. 1640–1648) and Valide sultan as the mother of Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687) as well as the Official Regent of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1651 to 1656.

Turhan was prominent for the regency of her young son and her building patronage. She and Kösem Sultan are the only two women in Ottoman history to be regarded as official regents and had supreme control over the Ottoman Empire.

As a result, Turhan became one of the prominent figures during the era known as Sultanate of Women.

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Filiz Karaca, the author of the article about Turhan in the Islamic Encyclopedia, noted that although it was stat