Being an Ottoman sultana gave you a lot of power, but being born as an Ottoman sultana gave you even more power than anyone could imagine. Elmas sultan was born as a sultana, her father was Sultan Selim Khan I and her mother was Valide Ayşe Hafsa Sultan and her brother was Sultan Suleiman I. Elmas was one of her fat...
the daughter of bali bey, aminat hatun, was famed for her beauty. and when the child's mother fell ill, was sent away from the capital, to protect her from the eyes of vultures who wish to take her. as a child, caria was the playmate of sehzade musafa. and when sent away, lost contact. but, to reward aminat for her gr...
Shams was one of the small community of Christian on an island belonging to an Arab country, Aradus. This island was a small island in the White Sea being inhabited by only 3 400 people. The White Sea belonged to the Ottman dynasty so their pirates came over to the island whenever they wanted and one of those times th...
"I was always overshadowed by the success of my sisters who were favouritised by the whole family, especially by my mother. Whatever I made was never so good, as it would be if one of them has done. I learnt to live successfully without anyone's approval." Fahriye Sultan was youngest daughter of Sultan Selim Khan and...