Empress of the East

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by Leslie Peirce


  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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