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Sandys, George, 184–185

seclusion

Roxelana’s, 107, 123–126

sultan’s, 126, 133

Selim I, 10, 34, 63–68, 86(fig.), 93, 107, 113, 123, 157, 160, 190–191, 207, 239, 242–243, 255, 261, 290

Selim II (son), 75(fig.)

arrival in Aleppo, 280–281

ascension to the throne, 304

birth of, 58, 94

circumcision celebration, 103, 107–108

disavowing his family, 307

Iranian campaign, 261

Janissaries’ refusal to acknowledge succession, 310

military campaigns, 201–203

Poland-Lithuania relations and, 26

provincial government at Konya, 214, 216, 226–227

question of succession, 297–299

selection of pages, 135

succeding Mehmed in Manisa, 237–238

Suleyman’s deputy, 258

Seljuk empire, 17–19, 214–216

serial concubinage, 61–64

The Seven Beauties, 169

sexual relationship of Roxelana and Suleyman

conceiving her second child, 58–59

intimacy replacing, 244–245

Roxelana’s first summons, 52–53

sexual responsibilities: the role of the sultan and the women of the harem, 6

Shah Sultan (Suleyman’s sister), 187–188, 193–194, 207, 230, 242–243

Shahnameh (epic poem), 263

shi`i Islam, 107, 111, 228

Sigismund Augustus, 224–225, 252, 256, 296

Sigismund I “the Old,” 25, 223–225, 251–254, 256

Sinan (royal architect), 177, 181, 187, 264, 281, 309

Sitti Khatun, 198

slave trade

European attitude, 24

fates and destinations of the slaves, 22–24

history and control of, 16–17

market locations and practices, 31–32

Roxelana’s origins, 14–15, 21–22

Suleyman’s familiarity with, 21

sultans’ complicity in, 25–26

slaves

arranged marriages of, 211–212

conversion to Islam, 42–44

gift to Suleyman of two Russian slaves, 98

hierarchy of the Old Palace, 28–29

instruction of, 15

Mustafa’s pride and arrogance, 95

physical and mental requisites for concubines, 32–33

rights and protections of mothers, 54

Roxelana’s charitable work, 193

Roxelana’s interest in the training of, 211–212

Suleyman’s concubines after Roxelana, 70–71

See also concubines

social behavior

decline in public prominence of women, 19–20

education and training of concubines, 39–42

imperial seclusion, 46, 123–124, 126–127, 133, 213, 251

Roxelana’s training in, 33–34

Sokollu Mehmed, 269, 305, 308–309, 312

Solakzade Mehmed, 161, 204, 269, 295, 308

sorcery, talk of, 59, 147

spectacles and celebrations, 102–106, 262–263, 280–281

stipends, harem, 88–90, 242

Strongila, 39, 140, 158, 213

succession

Archduke Ferdinand challenging Suleyman’s claim to Hungary, 162–163

Bayezid II and Selim I, 65

Bayezid and Selim (sons), 297–299, 304–309

celebration of coronations, 103

choosing the mothers of princes, 20

concerns over civil war among the princes, 277–278

death of Suleyman, 309–310

death of Suleyman’s children, 54–55

eligibility of sons to succeed their father, 248–249

Mehmed’s claim to Roman successorship, 160

Mustafa’s emergence into politics, 109–110

primogeniture, 6–7, 313–314

Pseudo Mustafa, 287–288

Roxelana and Suleyman’s precedents for, 12–13

serial concubinage and, 60–63

sovereignty: eligibility of sons to succeed their father, 248–249

Suleyman succeeding his father, 63–64, 67–68

Suleyman’s accession to the throne, 63–67

Suleyman’s concerns over Mustafa, 276

sufis, 9, 144, 149, 170, 194, 215, 228–230, 233, 290. See also dervishes

Suleyman I “the Magnificent,” 159(fig), 190(fig.), 203(fig.), 236(fig.), 245(fig.), 270(fig.), 295(fig.)

appointment to Caffa, 93

apprenticeship, 92–93

arrival in Aleppo, 280–281

choosing Roxelana, 44–46, 51–53

Damascus foundation, 290

death of his children, 53–55, 236(fig.)

declining health, 246–247, 258–259

execution of the grand vizier, 10–154

foreign fascination with the Ottoman court, 40–41

fortieth birthday, 111, 208–209

Ibrahim’s history with, 154–157

inherited command, 10

love life, 30

luxury purchases, 24

military hiatus, 219–220

mother of, 20–21, 34–35

need for trusted favorites, 166–169

potential for partners after Roxelana, 70–71

public opinion of Suleyman’s monogamy, 59–60

rivalry between his sons, 304–309

siblings, 37–38

slave women, 98

spectacles and celebrations, 102–106

state building within the Ottoman Empire, 164

succession, 63–68, 297–299

See also correspondence between Suleyman and Roxelana; Hafsa; military campaigns

Suleymaniye mosque, 263–264, 268, 295, 295(fig.)

Sultaniye complex, 232. See also Hafsa

Sunullah Efendi, 315

syncretic religion, 192–193

Tahmasp Shah, 116, 146, 254, 258, 262, 269, 281, 284, 286, 295, 305

Talikizade Mehmed, 293–294

Tamburlaine the Great (Marlowe), 198–199

Tatars, 16–17, 19–22, 24–25, 219,

Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 126

television, Roxelana’s life on, 26

Theodora (Justinian’s wife), 194

Theodora (Orhan’s wife), 198

Theodosius I, 174

Theodosius II, 174

titles, 4, 242–243

Topkapi Palace, 12, 129, 189

See also New Palace

Trabzon (Trebizond), 34, 57, 65, 92–93

treason charge against Mustafa, 269–270

tughra (Suleyman’s emblem), 190

Turhan (queen mother), 315–316

Twardowski, Samuel, 26

Ukraine, 14–15, 22–24, 26

ulema, 190–191

urban development, Haseki Avrat as, 177–178

Venice, 69, 97, 157, 160, 196, 257, 275, 312

control of Black Sea slave trade by, 16–17

Venetian ambassadors, 15, 59, 69, 70(fig.), 83, 148, 156, 274

Bragadin, 15, 32, 34, 38, 57, 95–96, 98, 100, 113, 153–158, 165, 168

de’Ludovici, 100, 110, 114, 118–119, 158, 162, 245

Navagero, 72, 83, 97–99, 166, 207, 239, 246–247, 261, 270, 277

Trevisano, 239, 275, 278, 287

Zen, 59, 109, 154, 158–159

Vienna, military campaign, 101–102, 218

virginity, importance of, 32–33, 200, 207

wealth

business interests of wealthy women, 127

income, Roxelana’s, 55–57

inherited wealth, 6–7, 243

widowhood, 37–38

Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas, 153

women

building as consequential gesture, 171

business interests of wealthy women, 127

diplomacy work, 223–224, 251–252

emergence of female patronage, 187–188

entrepreneurs, female, 39, 140

escaping the Old Palace fire, 213

female monarchs, 315–316

informational networks, 139–140

poets, 215 (Mihri Hatun), 278 (Nisayi)

political involvement, 139–140

public prominence of, 19–20

role models for Suleyman, 193–194

Roxelana’s memorial in Palestine, 290–291

Roxelana’s transformation of the harem into a political power, 3–4, 12

Rumi’s spiritual biography, 228–229

seclusion as a mark of distinction, 126

slave market locations and practices, 31–32

Suleyman’s love life, 30

the princes’ circumcision, 106

See also concubines; Hafsa (Suleyman’s mother); Mahidevran (concubine); motherhood

Zapata, Luis de, 167

Zapolya, John, 223

Ziadi (witch), 147–148

Zubaida, 165, 194, 292–293

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