#Perestu Hanim

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Rahime Perestu’s brown gown and brown fur kaftan in 1x08

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Notable Ottoman consorts hailing from the Caucasus -- requested by anon

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OTTOMANLADIES’ 2ND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

ottoman women famous for their beauty – requested by anon

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OTTOMANLADIES’ 2ND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

ottoman consorts who took other women’s children into their care – requested by anon

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OTTOMANLADIES’ 2ND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

(some) marriages for love* in the ottoman dynasty – requested by anon

*one-sided or not

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Known fair-haired women in Ottoman history -- requested by anon

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Hey I love your blog!! I wanted to ask if there were any sultanas who maybe adopted children to raise them or sultanas who had good relationships with the Sultan’s children from other concubines? I recall you mentioning Nurbanu had adopted a boy and that Turhan protected Ibrahim’s other sons with her life for as long as she lived

Sure! There’s plenty of them, especially after the practice of fratricide died out:

Kösem had a good relationship with Osman II, and would take him on carriage rides with her sons

Rahime Perestu raised Abdülhamid II and his half-sister Cemile when their mothers died. Abdülhamid II also had a warm relationship with Pertevniyal Valide Sultan; on the contrary, he couldn’t stand Şevkefza Valide Sultan

Abdülaziz was in such good relationship with Tiryâl Hanım, one of his father’s consorts, that during his reign she was referred to as “the second valide sultan”

Servetseza Kadın loved Murad V like a son, and was also step-mother of Mehmed V, Refia and Fatma Sultan

Neveser Hanım raised Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin, son of Abdülmecid I and Nükhetseza Hanım

Şayeste Hanım raised Mehmed VI when his mother died

Mehmed II called Mara Brankovic “mother”, suggesting a close relationship between the two

the Venetian ambassador once saw Handan with little Mustafa I in the gardens of Topkapi Palace... maybe she ensured that he was well looked after

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1) can a concubine reach the rank of baskadin or senior imperial consort ? . 2) can a concubine be at level of kadin and the legal wife be a hanim or ikbal i think that would be kinda unfair.

I'm not sure what you mean by concubine because they all were. Do you perhaps mean slaves? Then, of course, anyone could be promoted. Wedded wives did not get the highest ranks, it depended on when they married the sultan: Rahime Perestu married Abdülmecid I but stayed Fourth Imperial Consort during his whole reign. Likewise, when Abdülmecid I married Bezmiara, his Imperial Consorts were already four so she was given the honorary title of Fifth Imperial Consort, but technically she should have been an ikbal.