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| - | [[File:Anton Hickel 001.JPG|thumb|200px|Roxelana and the Sultan. The legendary love between the two inspired European imagination, such as this painting by the German baroque painter [[Anton Hickel]] (1780)]] | + | '''Hürrem''' or '''Karima''', born '''Alexandra Anastasia Lisovska''', known to Europeans informally as simply '''Roxolana''' (c. 1500–1506 – April 18, 1558) was a concubine and next the first wife of [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Süleyman the Magnificent]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. The legendary love between the two inspired European imagination, such as this painting by the German baroque painter [[Anton Hickel]] (1780) |
| - | '''Hürrem''' or '''Karima''', born '''Alexandra Anastasia Lisovska''', known to Europeans informally as simply '''Roxolana''' (c. 1500–1506 – April 18, 1558) was a concubine and next the first wife of [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Süleyman the Magnificent]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. | + | In the 1520s, she was captured by [[Crimean Tatars]] during one of their frequent raids into this region and taken as a [[slave]], probably first to the [[Crimea]]n city of [[Feodosiya|Kaffa]], a major centre of the [[slave trade]], then to [[Constantinople]], and was selected for [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Süleyman's]] [[Harem (household)|harem]]. |
| - | Roxelana/Roksolana might be not a proper name but a nickname, referring to her Ukrainian heritage (cf. the common contemporary name ''Ruslana''). Roxolany, also written as Roxelany, was one of the names of East Slavs, who inhabited the present [[Ukraine]] up to the 15th century. In this case her nickname would mean "the [[Ruthenians|Ruthenian]] one". | + | Aside from her political concerns, Hürrem engaged in several major works of public buildings, from [[Mecca]] to [[Jerusalem]], perhaps modeling her charitable foundations in part after the caliph [[Harun al-Rashid]]'s consort [[Zubaida]]. Among her first foundations were a [[mosque]], two Koranic schools (''[[madrassa]]''), a fountain, and a women's [[Bimaristan|hospital]] near the women's slave market (''[[Avret Pazary]]'') in Constantinople. |
| - | In the 1520s, she was captured by [[Crimean Tatars]] during one of their frequent raids into this region and taken as a slave, probably first to the [[Crimea]]n city of [[Feodosiya|Kaffa]], a major centre of the [[slave trade]], then to [[Constantinople]], and was selected for [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Süleyman's]] [[Harem (household)|harem]]. | ||
| - | Aside from her political concerns, Hürrem engaged in several major works of public buildings, from [[Mecca]] to [[Jerusalem]], perhaps modeling her charitable foundations in part after the caliph [[Harun al-Rashid]]'s consort [[Zubaida]]. Among her first foundations were a [[mosque]], two Koranic schools (''[[madrassa]]''), a fountain, and a women's [[Bimaristan|hospital]] near the women's slave market (''Avret Pazary'') in Constantinople. | ||
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Hürrem or Karima, born Alexandra Anastasia Lisovska, known to Europeans informally as simply Roxolana (c. 1500–1506 – April 18, 1558) was a concubine and next the first wife of Süleyman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire. The legendary love between the two inspired European imagination, such as this painting by the German baroque painter Anton Hickel (1780)
In the 1520s, she was captured by Crimean Tatars during one of their frequent raids into this region and taken as a slave, probably first to the Crimean city of Kaffa, a major centre of the slave trade, then to Constantinople, and was selected for Süleyman's harem.
Aside from her political concerns, Hürrem engaged in several major works of public buildings, from Mecca to Jerusalem, perhaps modeling her charitable foundations in part after the caliph Harun al-Rashid's consort Zubaida. Among her first foundations were a mosque, two Koranic schools (madrassa), a fountain, and a women's hospital near the women's slave market (Avret Pazary) in Constantinople.
