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Magnificent January 2026 + Week 2: Seconds 2nd Haseki of the Ottoman Empire

Moreover, because her mother-in-law Hürrem had remained in Istanbul and had not presided over the harem of her son at his provincial posts, Nurbanu had no doubt been recognized and honored as the head of Selim’s princely harem. When she arrived in Istanbul in 1566 to become head of the imperial harem at Selim’s accession, the Venetian ambassador Jacopo Soranzo commented that “the Chassechi [haseki]…. is said to be extremely well loved and honored by His Majesty both for her great beauty and for being unusually intelligent.” Nurbanu’s prestige persisted even after Selim began to take other concubines, for in 1573 the ambassador Andrea Badoaro was still reporting that “she is called the cassachi and is much loved by his majesty.” —The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire (1993), Leslie Peirce

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Magnificent Century AU + Esmanur, daughter of Ibrahim Pasha and Nigar Kalfa, returns to Topkapi Palace to seek vengeance on all those she considers responsible for her mother's death...and anyone else who gets in her way.

Saadet Isil Aksoy as Esmanur

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BRIDGERTON (2020-)

KATE BRIDGERTON

3.07

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Magnificent January 2026 + Week 1: Firsts Sultan Suleyman's 1st Family

In the early years of Suleiman's reign, Mahidevran and Mustafa were central figures in his household. Mahidevran, as the mother of his firstborn son, held a position of respect and influence, while Mustafa was raised with the hopes and expectations of becoming the future sultan." — The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire (1993) (1993), Leslie P. Peirce

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Magnificent Century + Faceless: Nurbanu Sultan

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NUR FETTAHOĞLU AS MAHIDEVRAN SULTAN

good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it

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ALICENT HIGHTOWER VARIANTS–

–and its the women of magnificent century lol 🥰

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FREE CONTENT ! DERYA PINAR AK GIF PACK

by clicking the source link you will be directed to a total of 57+ gifs of derya pinar ak in prens (season two) available on my discord server. she’s turkish , so make sure to have that in mind when building your muse. the gifs are all sized 268x150 and made from scratch by me. likes and reblogs are always welcomed if you find these helpful !

DO NOT: redistribute, resize, repost or include any of the following gifs in another gif hunt , use my gifs in any tab*o things, smut threads , in krps , if you are blocked or if you use turkish fcs with non turkish names .

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DERYA PINAR AK in PRENS season three, episode one

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Favorite male costumes in Magnificent Century/Kösem -asked by anon

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Kiss Kiss Kiss

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Helen and Penelope

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Penelope, Ariadne, & Andromeda in mythology having:

agency

personalities

happy marriages with loving husbands

Also, Penelope and Andromeda had a say in their marriages

“Feminist” Retelling Authors: look at these poor women being forced into abusive marriages by their sexist society. I will give them a voice in my retelling *proceed to ignore all their trauma and personality traits, and reduce their personalities into “girlbosses or weak victims that hate men, especially their husbands.”*

They always use the excuse “well, we don’t actually know what they felt about their husbands and situations”. YES, WE DO! Just admit you never bothered doing research or using your brain while reading the source material. If you don’t like how it was written, then just leave it be instead of trying to “fix” it.

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I will fall in love with you over and over again I don't care how, where, or when No matter how long it's been, you're mine Don't tell me you're not the same person You're always my husband and I've been waiting, waiting