Kösem Sultan
| Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan كوسم سلطان |
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Naib-i-Sultanat of the Ottoman Empire (first regency) |
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| Regency | 10 September 1623 – 18 May 1632 |
| Predecessor | None |
| Monarch | Murad IV |
| (second regency) | |
| Regency | 8 August 1648 – 2 September 1651 |
| Successor | Turhan Hatice Sultan |
| Monarch | Mehmed IV |
| Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | |
| Tenure | 10 September 1623 – 2 September 1651 |
| Predecessor | Halime Sultan |
| Successor | Turhan Hatice Sultan |
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Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Imperial Consort) |
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| Tenure | 26 November 1605 – 22 November 1617 |
| Predecessor | Safiye Sultan |
| Successor | Ayşe Sultan |
| Born | Anastasia? c. 1589 Tinos? (currently the territory of Greece) |
| Died | 2 September 1651 (aged 61–62) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial | Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul |
| Spouse | Sultan Ahmed I |
| Issue |
Sons: Şehzade Mehmed(possibly) Sultan Murad IV Şehzade Kasim Şehzade Suleiman(possibly) Sultan Ibrahim Daughters: Ayşe Sultan Fatma Sultan Gevherhan Sultan Hanzade Sultan Burnaz Atike Sultan |
| Religion |
Sunni Islam (raised Greek Orthodox) |
Kösem Sultan (Turkish pronunciation: [cøˈsem sulˈtan]) (c. 1589 – 2 September 1651) – also known as Mahpeyker Sultan (Turkish pronunciation: [mahpejˈkeɾ sulˈtan]; Māh-peyker) – was one of the most powerful women in Ottoman history. Kösem achieved power and influenced the politics of the Ottoman Empire when she became Haseki Sultan as favourite consort and later legal wife of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603–1617) and Valide Sultan as mother of Murad IV (r. 1623–1640) and Ibrahim (r. 1640–1648), and grandmother of Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687). She was one of the prominent figures during the Sultanate of Women.
Kösem lived in the Ottoman Empire during the reign of six sultans, Ahmed I, Mustafa I, Osman II, Murad IV, Ibrahim, and Mehmed IV. After her death, she was known by the names "Valide-i Muazzama" (magnificent mother), "Vālide-i Maḳtūle" (murdered mother), and "Vālide-i Șehīde" (martyred mother).
Kösem is generally said to be of Greek origin, the daughter of a priest on the island of Tinos whose maiden name was Anastasia but these views do not seem reliable. She was bought as a slave by the Bosnian governor, and sent, at the age of fifteen, to the harem of Sultan Ahmed I. Upon her conversion to Islam, her name was changed to Mahpeyker (Moon-Faced, meaning "beautiful"), and later by Sultan Ahmed I to Kösem.
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