Kösem Sultan
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HIH The Emperor's mother Kösem Sultan (ca. 1589 – 3 September 1651) — also known as Mehpeyker Sultan— was one of the most powerful women in Ottoman history. Consort and favourite concubine of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603-1617). She achieved power and influenced the course of the Ottoman empire through her consort Sultan Ahmet I(r 1603–17), then through her sons Murad IV (r 1623–40) and Ibrahim I ('the Mad’, r 1640–48) and finally through her minor grandson Mehmed IV (r 1648–87). She was Valide Sultan (Queen Mother) from 1623 to 1651 when her sons Murad IV and Ibrahim I and her grandson Mehmed IV (1648–1687) reigned as Ottoman sultans. She was a prominent figure during the sultanate of the women. She was official regent twice and was thereby one of two women to have been formal regents of the Ottoman Empire.
