Walide Sultan: biography and legend

Of course, if everyone did not watch, at least they heard about the Turkish TV series "The Magnificent Age". In common parlance it is called "Roksolana", but after all the heroes can not be found in it. And not only about the fate of the famous Ukrainian, who became the Khurem Sultan, narrates the series, but also about many other women who had a huge influence at the court of the Ottomans. One of them is the Valid-Sultan. The biography of this political rival of Roksolana and her husband's mother gives us to understand that the talk about the fact that Hurrem was the first influential woman in Turkey contains at least inaccurate information. And in the series it is also noticeable, although they reproach him for historical bad faith.

Walide AIChE Sultan Hafsa

The biography of this famous woman is shrouded in mystery. For example, in the series the audience is immediately informed that she was the daughter of the Crimean Khan Mengli-Giray. In fact, historians know that of the two wives of Sultan Selim the First, one came from Tauris. But whether it was Aishe-khatun or Hafsa (the real name of Suleiman the Magnificent's mother) - historians do not know for certain. Whatever it was, she married Selim the Terrible, who was famous for his conquests. How did she achieve the title of Validida Sultan? The biography of this woman can give us the necessary information.

Broken hopes

While her husband did not gain the throne, Aisha Hafsa constantly lived in fear that her children would be killed. She gave birth to four sons and the same number of daughters and, naturally, was very worried about them. But when Selim defeated his brother Ahmed, she was glad that now she was waiting for a luxurious life in Istanbul. But it was not there. Sultan Selim Yavuz saw the meaning of his life in the conquests, and almost all his life he spent away from his wife. This greatly complicated the future validity of the Sultan. Her biography, written by Turkish historians, contains information that she wrote touching love letters to Selim Grozny, but the heart of the iron warrior remained dumb to them. Moreover, Yavuz was jealous of the power of his own son, who was brought up by Ayesha Hafsa.

As Selim's wife became a valid Sultan

The biography of the future ruler tells that almost all of her male children, except one, died. The heir was to become Suleiman, with whom Aisha Hafsa left for Manisa, where he was preparing to become ruler. There, she guarded her son from possible assassination of his father for his life. And when in 1520 her husband died, she finally came triumphantly to Istanbul and began to rule as a harem. Aishe Hafsa was the first woman in the history of Turkey, which received the title Validida - which means "mother of the ruler". In fact, she not only rules harem, but also very actively participated in the affairs of the state. Before her, no woman in the Ottoman Empire had such power. It was with Ayshe Hafsah that the period of the weaker sex began, which lasted one hundred and thirty years. This famous woman died in 1533, she was buried next to her husband. Such is the brief history of the first Validida-Sultan (biography). The actress, who played the great ruler, is Nekhabat Chehre. She was very successful in the image of this power, not shunned cruelty and intrigue, a woman who was able to break the stereotype of a resigned Muslim woman.