#*consorts

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Ahmed II

Alderson writes that Ahmed II had two consorts, Şayeste and Rabia Sultan. Since Ahmed II was the sultan for such a short time like 4 years, there is not much information on his consorts and children. — M. Çağatay Uluçay, Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Süleyman II

The harem life shared by Süleyman II, who was clumsy, short-sighted, nervous and sickly, who had been accustomed to living indoors since childhood, was probably dull; he did not have any children. He confiscated the jewels of his brother Ahmed (II)'s mother Muazzez, who died in 1687, and distributed them to his own women; it is learned from another document in the palace archives that Ahmed II had these three or five pieces of jewelry taken back when he ascended the throne — Necdet Sakaoğlu, Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Sultan Ibrahim

The presence of more than one haseki was a significant change in the reigns of Murad and Ibrahim, signaling that the age of the favorite was coming to an end. In this period the meaning of the title haseki begins to shift from a single "favorite" to something more general like "royal consort," similar to the earlier khatun. This title deflation was a sign of the return of an earlier principle of royal reproduction, that of a number of concubines roughly equal in status. That other concubines were no longer consigned to languish in the shadow of a favorite is suggested not only by the fact that each was endowed with the title haseki but also that their stipends were on the whole equal. — Leslie P. Peirce, The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Mehmed IV

Mehmed IV is the longest ruling sultan after Kanunî Sultan Süleyman and Osman Bey (39). He was more fond of hunting than women. For this reason, he was named Avcı Mehmed, leaving the administration to the Köprülü family and found the opportunity to hunt as he wished. He was not fond of women like his father. He remained loyal to Gülnûş Sultan throughout his life. He had one or two more favourites. — M. Çağatay Uluçay, Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Murad IV

As with Osman, very little is known about the concubines of his brother Murad IV, principally because neither sultan left sons who survived their father's death to reach the throne, thereby bringing their mothers to public attention as valide sultan. Privy purse registers record the presence of a single haseki, Ayşe, until the very end of Murad's seventeen-year reign. when a second haseki appears. It is possible that Murad had only a single concubine until the advent of the second, or that he had a number of concubines but singled out only one as haseki. — Peirce, The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Ahmed I

"Ahmed I took the throne at the age of 13 and reigned for 14 years. It is possible that he had more hasekis. However, since Kösem Sultan became the sultan's favourite, the other consorts did not play an important role in the harem, so their name must have not been recorded in history or in documents. Just like with Hürrem, Nurbanu and Safiye Sultan." — M. Çağatay Uluçay, Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Osman II

"Osman became sultan at the age of 14 and was killed at the age of 18. Since he was almost a child and ruled for a short time, there is not much information about his Hasekis" — M. Çağatay Uluçay, Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Mehmed III

"Mehmed III (r. 1595-1603) did not have a haseki, unlike his grandfather, his father, or his son and heir Ahmed I. Mehmed had several sons, none of whom was publicly privileged through assignment to a provincial governorate. [...] The absence of a haseki and reinstitution of polyconcubinage was probably influenced by two factors: Mehmed's experiences as prince and his mother's strong personality." — Leslie P. Peirce, The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire