Rabia Sultan
| Rabia Sultan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haseki Sultan | |||||
| Tenure | 6 October 1692 - 6 February 1695 | ||||
| Born | before 1680 | ||||
| Died | 14 January 1712 Edirne, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Ahmed II | ||||
| Issue | Şehzade Ibrahim Şehzade Selim Asiye Sultan | ||||
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| House | House of Osman | ||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christian at birth, subsequently converted to Islam after her capture | ||||
Rabia Sultan (Template:Lang-ota; 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 to two sons, Şehzade Ibrahim and Şehzade Selim, followed by Asiye Sultan in 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 son, Şehzade Ibrahim, was given to the new Valide Sultan 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.
References
- ^ "Turkey: The Imperial House of Osman". web.archive.org. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ 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.