Handan Sultan
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Handan Sultan was a wife of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III.
During the reign of Ahmed I, she was the valide sultan, being Ahmed's mother. The contemporary historian Ibrahim Pecevi questioned her wisdom. Leslie Peirce points out that Ahmed I tended to disregard her advice. While respecting the tradition "A mother's right is God's right", he ingeniously circumvented her will.
[edit] References
- Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
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