Rabia Sultan

Not to be confused with Rabia Şermi Sultan.
Rabia Sultan
Sultanü'l-muhadderat
Umdetü'l-muvahhirat
Tacü'l-mesturat
Dürre-i dürr-i ismet
Gurre-i bürci'l-iffet
Sahibü'd-devleti'l-kariyye
Fatimetü'z-zeman
Ayişetü'd-devran
El-mahfufe bir sınuf-ı avatıfı'l-meliki'l-mennan
Haseki sultan
Imperial consort of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 6 October 1692 - 6 February 1695
Born before 1680
Died 14 January 1712
Edirne, Ottoman Empire
Burial Inside the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent at The Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul
Spouse Ahmed II
Issue Şehzade Ibrahim
Şehzade Selim
Asiye Sultan
Full name
Rabia Sultan
House House of Osman
Religion Islam, previously Orthodox Christian

Rabia Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: رابعه سلطان; before 1680 - 14 January 1712[1]) was a consort to Sultan Ahmed II of the Ottoman Empire.

Biography

Rabia Sultan, whose original name is unknown, was captured during one of the raids by Tatars and sold into slavery. It were probably one of Ahmed's sisters, who gave Rabia to Ahmed as a concubine, as his own mother, Hatice Muazzez Sultan, had died before his accession to the throne. The women of the Ottoman sultan lived in the Imperial Harem, one of the most important elements of the Ottoman court. According to Ottoman tradition, she was given an Arabic name. Very little is known about Rabia Sultan, principally because neither sultans left sons who survived their father's death to reach the throne, thereby bringing their mothers to public attention as Valide Sultan.

On 6 October 1692 she gave birth twin sons, Şehzade Ibrahim and Şehzade Selim, followed by a daughter, Asiye Sultan on 24 December 1693.[2] After Ahmed's death in 1695, Rabia along with her daughter Asiye Sultan and other members of Ahmed's entourage were permanently exiled to the Old Palace. Her only surviving child, Şehzade Ibrahim, was given to the new Valide Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan.

She died on 14 January 1712 and was buried along with her husband. Her resting place is located inside the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent in Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul.

Titles

Rabia's titles include: Sultanü'l-muhadderat, umdetü'l-muvahhirat, tacü'l-mesturat, dürre-i dürr-i ismet, gurre-i bürci'l-iffet, sahibü'd-devleti'l-kariyye, Fatimatü'z-zaman, Ayişetü'd-devran, el-mahfufe bir sınuf-ı avatıfı'l-meliki'l-mennan cenab-ı haseki Rabia Sultan Hazretlerinin

References

  1. "Turkey: The Imperial House of Osman". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on May 2, 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. Leslie P. Peirce (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.

Succession

Ottoman royalty
Preceded by
Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan
Haseki Sultan
6 October 1692 - 6 February 1695
Succeeded by
Title abolished
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