Apr 30, 2015
ζ Those women, whom the Sultan chose for his bed were known as gözde and those who became regular favourites were promoted to the rank of ikbal (fourtunate).Should an ikbal give birth to a child,she rose further to be a haseki - Haseki Sultan for a son, Haseki Kadin for a daughter.
“Hurrem’s title - Haseki Sultan,broadcast her new status in harem.”
The four senior hasekis were the elite,for each had her own apartament in another part of the harem,her own income and her own servants.The mother of the Sultan’s eldest son was known as Baş Haseki Sultan, progressing,if her son became Sultan, to Valide Sultan, the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire.
