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Cover 1 Author Bio 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Illustrations 11 Abbreviations 23 Acknowledgements 25 PART I: Ottoman Sultana: Wife, Mother and Patron 28 Introduction. The Forgotten Star of the Sultanate of Women 30 1. The Most Itinerant Sultana of the Harem: The Extraordinary Life of a Bishop’s Daughter 43 Favourite of Mehmed IV (1664–87) 44 Queen Mother to Mustafa II (1695–1703) 53 Queen Mother to Ahmed III (1703–15) 57 2. Building Activities of Ottoman Sultanas up to Gülnuş Sultan 64 Building Activities of Ottoman Royal Women up to Hürrem Sultan 66 Building Activities of Ottoman Royal Women from Hürrem Sultan to Hadice Turhan Sultan 70 PART II: The Building Activities of Gülnuş Sultan 86 3. Conquest and Conversion: Gülnuş Sultan’s Name on the Frontiers 88 Kamianets-Podilskyi: A Favourite’s Footsteps in Europe 89 Chios: The New Queen Mother’s Name on the Reconquered Island 97 Oran: A Building in the Most Distant City 106 4. Statement of Religiosity: Mecca and the Pilgrimage Route 114 The Hospital and the Soup Kitchen in Mecca and other Buildings in Jeddah and Egypt 115 Bridges and Pavements on the Pilgrimage Road 125 5. Galata New Mosque: Islamization of the Catholic Land 13

Author

Muzaffer Özgüles

Language

EN