In the aftermath of the Battle of Mohacs, a fallen kingdom offers up its last jewel. Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Hungary-sister to the slain King and daughter of a shattered crown-is dragged before Suleiman the Magnificent, the most powerful ruler in the world. She calls him barbarian. She swears she will never bow. But empires are not built on steel alone. Renamed Jawhara within the gilded walls of the imperial palace, she is forced into a marriage forged from conquest and grief. Between court intrigue, ruthless rivalries, hatred slowly gives way to something far more dangerous. Because the greatest conquest of all was never Hungary. It was her heart.

Eudoxia Ivanovna was the daughter of a Russian Priest and a minor noblewoman. She was to marry a minor boyar whom her parents had arranged for her. It all came shattering when the Tatars raided the village and abducted Eudoxia. They took her to Constantinople. She was installed in the harem of Sultan Murad IV, who was a cruel sultan. She was thirteen when she was taken. Her name was Mahrum, meaning deprived. She was determined to survive the harem and the sultan. She was determined to protect herself and her children. She is destined to break the hearts of men who love and adore her, including the hearts of princes both imperial and foreign.

Life was never easy for Dilara sultan, the youngest daughter of Ayse Hafsa Valide sultan and Selim I. After her husband's death, she returns from Egypt to the Topkapi palace. Unkonwnst to her, the palace is not the same as she left it seven years ago. Bali bey x OC Slight enemies to lovers Bodyguard x princess (in this case sultana) Forbidden love Secret love

Before Hurrem, but after Mahidevran and Gulfem, there was Gevherhan. Born in the Balkans(what later would be Serbian), her Christian name was Mina Pavlović before she was captured and brought to the Ottoman Empire, to Manisa and to the harem of Sehzade Suleiman. A year after Sehzade Mustafa was born, Mina would give birth to a daughter named Zeynep and would surprise many, including Suleiman himself when she was happy with a girl instead of a boy being born. Mina had said that she was happy because then none of her sons would face danger from their half or even full blooded brothers, which earned her annoyed hatred from Mahidevran but secret praise from Valide Hafsa Ayse Sultan. When Suleiman ascends the throne as Sultan Suleiman I, a heavily pregnant Mina, now known as Gevherhan(Suleiman gave her the name after she had talked with him on his jewelry making) and Zeynep go from Manisa to Constantinople/Istanbul with everyone else. When Hurrem and Mahidevran's antics often tire Suleiman, he finds comfort in Gevherhan's presence as she seems content with being the mother of a sultana than a sehzade. But, a few days after Suleiman's ascension to the throne, Gevherhan goes into labor and gives birth to twins, a girl and boy, thus now forcing Gevherhan into playing the game so that her son will live. Whose son will ascend as Sultan after Suleiman? Mahidevran's, Hurrem's or Gevherhan's?

HÜMASAH SULTAN

In the shadow of his throne, they rose. Each of Sultan Süleyman's sisters selects a girl to groom for the imperial court, unaware that their choices will set in motion events that could alter the course of history.

"If you want to get rid of me, then you have only one option. Take our Sultan's heart, because I don't want to live in a world where he doesn't exist."

He was supposed to ruin her life, he fell in love instead. They were once childhood friends-before fate tore them apart. Now he is Sultan Murad, ruler of an empire built on loyalty, blood, and silence. She is Princess Alina of Castile, a foreign royal promised to a political future she never chose. When tragedy forces their worlds to collide again, old memories ignite into new defiance. He has vowed to protect his dynasty. She has vowed to protect hers. Their reunion should have ended in distance. Instead, it awakens something far more dangerous-forbidden longing, buried loyalty, and a love neither of them is allowed to claim. Enemies by circumstance. Lovers by destiny. And in a world where betrayal is punished by death, even a single glance could cost them everything. {not based on the real history}

Elsa had a content life. She was the daughter of a Norwegian Earl on a desolate remote island off the coast of Norway. She was only 14 when they had come to take her. An Ottoman slave ship went off coast and landed on the island. After hearing the tales of how beautiful the Scandinavian women were they just had to see for themselves. That day Elsa lost everything her home, her people and her family as she was taken to Turkey. Little did she know she was specifically asked for by the one and only Hurrem Sultan. Upon meeting her, Hurrem saw something in Elsa that would eventually become the making of a great Sultana.

An older sister of Aybige, Alara was sent to Topkapi Palace by Sahip Giray Khan, her father, to save her from the crazy concubines at Crimea and to help her from being sad as she always locked herself in her room after the tragedy happened. [OC x Malkocoglu Bali Bey] [Fanfiction] [ON-HOLD] [Started : 14/11/2024] [Ended : - ]