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[ottomanladies]

firstly , so a gozde bow for ikbal and ikbal bow for kadin and they all bow to baskadin right ?, secondly when a prince meets one of his fathers (the sultan) consorts do he bow out of respect to her or she has to bow for him as he is a prince from the dynasty .

As I have already said countless times, the harem hierarchy was respected

very practical and clear hierarchy pyramid made by me:

Everything was very formal, consorts did not call each other by name but by their titles so yes, gözdes bowed to ikbals and both of them bowed to kadınefendis.

As for princes, they could bow out of respect (they certainly did it to their own mothers) but they usually didn't. A consort certainly bowed to a prince.

[ottomanladies]

hello , can you tell us something about yourself , iam curious to know who is the one there answering my question . u can say simple things like ur name , how old are u etc. i dont even know if u are a male or female lmaoo. anyway ur doing such a great job in this blog , have a nice day :)

Every now and then I get this question LOL

I am Ruby, I am Italian and I'm 28. I'm currently studying History at university and I hope to write my dissertation on the Ottoman Imperial harem.

I don't know what else to say tbh lol. Oh, I have a main blog, if you're interested: it's @haticesultanas (clearly, in honour of Murad V's daughter 💕)

I'm a Taurus ?? Once someone asked my sign so... there's that lol

[ottomanladies]

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.