Nurbanu Sultan
Nurbanu Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: نور بانو سلطان; meaning "queen of light"; c. 1525/1527[1] - 7 December 1583) was Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the legal wife of Ottoman Sultan Selim II, as well as Valide Sultan as the mother of Ottoman Sultan Murad III. She was one of the most prominent person during the time of Sultanate of Women. She is Venetian or Jewish[2] or Greek[3] origin. Her birth name may have been: Cecilia ,[4] or Kalē kartanou[3] or Rachel.[5]
References
- ↑ A.H. de Groot, s.v. in Encyclopaedia of Islam vol.8 p.124
- ↑ Stanford J. Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 1 at Google Books
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arbel, Benjamin, Nur Banu (c. 1530-1583): A Venetian Sultana?, Turcica, 24 (1992), pp. 241-259.
- ↑ Godfrey Goodwin, The Private World of Ottoman Women, Saqi Book, ISBN 0-86356-745-2, ISBN 3-631-36808-9, 2001. page 128,
- ↑ Valeria Heuberger, Geneviève Humbert, Geneviève Humbert-Knitel, Elisabeth Vyslonzil, Cultures in Colors, page 68.
Nurbanu Sultan Media
Portrait Of Sultan Selim II
Murad III, to whom Nurbanu was a valide sultan during 1574–1583.
Atik Valide Mosque constructed by Nurbanu Sultan
Entrance to Çemberlitaş Hamamı, constructed on the orders of Nurbanu Sultan
ISBN 3-631-36808-9, 2001
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