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The Sultanate of Women (Turkish: Kadınlar Saltanatı) was the near 130-year period during the 16th and 17th centuries when the women of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire exerted extraordinary political influence. Many of the Sultans during this time were minors and it was their mothers, leaders of the Harem, who effectively ruled the Empire.
See also
- Valide Sultan
- Hürrem Sultan
- Mihrimah Sultana
- Nurbanu Sultan
- Safiye Sultan
- Kösem Sultan
- Princess Hatice
Literature
- İlhan Akşit. The Mystery of the Ottoman Harem. Akşit Kültür Turizm Yayınları. ISBN 975-7039-26-8
- Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press (1993). ISBN 978-0195086775
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