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    خرّم سلطان; "the joyful one"; c. 1504 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana (Ukrainian: Роксолана, romanized: Roksolana), was the chief consort and...
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    as he became the first sultan to be officially married to a woman named Roxelana, later known as Hürrem Sultan. Before the Sultanate of Women, the sultan...
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    Kirinia roxelana, the lattice brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southeastern Europe and the Near East. The butterfly is on...
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    called Roxelana, was a female concubine who completely transformed the harem system and left a lasting impact on the Ottoman Empire. Roxelana is believed...
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    octagonal mausoleums of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana). Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent chose the architect Mimar Sinan to create...
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    Islam, and who became famous in Western Europe of his time by the name Roxelana, due to her red hair. Their son, Selim II, succeeded Suleiman following...
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    sibling to the favourite of Sulemain himself, the Ruthenian harem girl Roxelana, who ended up marrying him as his sole legal wife. Howard's Red Sonya had...
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  • gene Roxann Roxana (disambiguation), one of Alexander the Great's wives Roxelana, one of Suleiman the Magnificent's wives Roshanak, the usual Western spelling...
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    Hürrem (Roxelana), the haseki sultan during Suleiman's reign....
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    Roxelana, a victim of the Crimean slave trade, became an umm al-walad when giving birth to a child by her enslaver, sultan Suleiman the Magnificent....
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    during the visit of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent's wife Roxelana to Jerusalem in 1552. She ordered the creation of a charitable kitchen...
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    Haseki Hürrem Sultan Bathhouse in Istanbul, Turkey, commissioned by Roxelana and designed by Mimar Sinan (16th century)...
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  • Süleyman's birinci kadın, though she had been supplanted as haseki by Roxelana. Peirce, Leslie (2019). Empress of the East: how a slave girl became queen...
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    Ukraine. The mosque is named in honor of Suleiman the Magnificent and Roxelana. The Sultan Suleiman Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center opened October...
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    around the same time that the sultan and his wife, Haseki Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana), were also commissioning works in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina...
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    woman from Ruthenia, captured during her wedding who came to be known as Roxelana (Hürrem Sultan), a concubine of Sultan Suleiman. In retaliation, the lands...
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  • Poland Sigismund I the Old, king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Roxelana (Khourrem, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent) Barbara Radziwiłłówna, consort...
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    Indo-Europeans may rise to power like Aleksandra (Iškandara) Lisowska or Roxelana. Conquest dynasty Eurasian nomads History of Central Asia Inner Asia List...
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    Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Hurrem Sultan (also known as Roxelana, the wife and consort of Sulieman the Magnificent), consort and wife of...
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    often known by the title of the second movement, La Roxelane, named for Roxelana, the influential wife of Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire...
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  • Letter of Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana) to Sigismund II Augustus, complementing him for his accession to the throne in 1549....
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    Hasseki Sultan Imaret in Jerusalem, established by Hasseki Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana), the wife of Suleiman the Magnificent. By 1596 Lydda was a part of the...
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    Roxelana, Ukrainian slave, first concubine to marry a Sultan...
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    Prykarpattya include: Historical figures Yaroslav Osmomysl, prince of Halych Roxelana, chief consort of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent Semen Vysochan [uk]...
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  • Selim I 1466–1520 Sultan r. 1512–1520 Caliph r. 1517–1520 Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana) Suleiman the Magnificent 1494–1566 Sultan and Caliph r. 1520–1566 Nurbanu...
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    Among the most known victims of the Crimean slave raids from Poland were Roxelana. Muscovite Russia and the Crimean Khanate were both the vassals of the...
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    buildings, especially those commissioned by Süleyman, his wife Hürrem (Roxelana) and his Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha, large quantities of tiles were used...
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    He eventually restored the Han dynasty. Hurrem Sultan, also known as Roxelana, was the chief consort and legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the...
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    women who "apostasised". The life stories of these women were similar to Roxelana, who rose from being a Christian slave-girl into the chief advisor of her...
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    with few references to what Ottoman women actually wore. A portrait of Roxelana depicts her wearing a pillbox-shaped headdress with decorative jewels on...
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