#Gülşah Hatun

[magnificentlyreused]

This brown and blue striped kaftan was first worn by as Hürrem Sultan in the sixteenth episode of the first season of Magnificent Century. It was worn again by Gülşah Hatun in the third episode of the third season. The kaftan is used again on an unnamed harem member in the thirtieth and Emine Hatun in the fourtieth episode of the same season. The kaftan was seen again on Şehzade Mehmed's wet nurse in the thirty-first episode of the fourth season.

The kaftan was slightly altered by moving the buttons to the right to create a new asymmetrical closure before it was worn again by Topal Pasha's mistress in the second episode of the second season of Magnificent Century: Kösem.

[mc-critical]

Bonus:

2.22 (46) / 2.24 (48) / 2.25 (49) / 2.35 (59) / 2.39 (63)

[julyzaa]

Whenever i feel down i just watch Daye Hatun slap Gülşah Kalfa, and it always makes me feel better.

The drama, the fabric moving with the elegance of someone dancing, and then just the Slap.

For context:

[gulnarsultan]

I received a request for Mehmet. But I think tumblr deleted the request. I hope you will like it.

" Scenario "

You were in Mehmet's arms. Honestly, being in this man's arms gave you both confidence and fear. You were the only Princess of the last Byzantine Empire. After Constantinople was captured by Mehmet, you were going to escape the city with your family. However, you were caught and dragged in front of Mehmet. Mehmet married you that day and made you his wife. A few months have passed since your wedding. Thanks to Mehmet, no one was teasing you or trying to harm you. The first day you arrived, Gülşah Hatun, Mehmet's first wife and the mother of his first son, treated you badly. However, she apologized to you not even a few hours later. This situation surprised you. What you didn't know was that Mehmet had ordered the servants to watch over you. Mehmet was like a proud and late lion. He only let his guard down around you.

[minetteskvareninova]

We didn't have a certified Minette's stupid Magnificent Century poll for a long time, so here we go.

To qualify as a MILF, one has to be a) female b) older, middle-aged at least (not necessarily a mother) c) considered sexy in-universe by at least one character (that is NOT a random rapist, sorry Gülşah, or their husband of 20 years, again sorry Hürrem)

The real contention is over the last point, a.k.a. which one is THE sexiest older woman in the show.

[magnificentposting-fabrizioart]

VERY IMPORTANT MATTERS

Top of Topkapi (Tier 2)

This is up to Episode 12 of Season 1.

If you don't see someone here, is because the Top 3 were in the previous poll.

No, Hürrem is not here either because so far she just doesn't register for me due to the character (this is not about the actress at all, btw, as isn't the rest).

Yes these are the valid(e) options.

Feel free and encourage to discusse btw.

Respect the hatunlar tho, of course, or Daye will beat you to death.

[voievod]

THE DRĂCULEȘTI

— Vlad Drăculea. — ( oc: if i cannot move heaven i will raise hell )

— Vlad Dracul. — ( oc: the dragon )

— Vasilisa of Moldavia. — ( oc: petals edged with fire )

— Mircea Drăculea. — ( oc: of burning martyrdom )

— Alexandra of Wallachia. — ( oc: keeper of secrets )

— Radu Drăculea. — ( oc: cel frumos )

— Vlad Călugărul. Vlad Dracul’s youngest son, born out of a relationship with Călțuna. A pretender to the Wallachian throne.

— Mircea. Vlad Drăculea’s eldest son, born out of a relationship with Cătălina.

— Mihnea. Vlad Drăculea’s second son, born out of a relationship with Cătălina. The designated successor to the Wallachian throne.

— Vlad. Vlad Drăculea’s youngest son, born out of a marriage with Ilona Hunyadi.

— Maria Voichița. Radu Drăculea’s daughter, born out of a marriage with Maria Despina.

THE DĂNEȘTI

— Vladislav II.

— Dan the Pretender.

THE WALLACHIANS

— Cătălina Costescu. — ( oc: sanctuary )

— Dracea de Măneşti.

— Dumitu Costescu.

— Neagoe Craiovescu.

— Manea Udriște.

— Voico Dobrița.

— Cazan al lui Sahac.

— Stoica Paharnic.

— Oprea Logofăt.

— Albu cel Mare.

THE MOLDAVIANS

— Ștefan cel Mare. — ( oc: cel mare )

— Bogdan II. The Moldavian voivode. Father of Ștefan cel Mare.

— Oltea. Bogdan’s concubine and mother of Ștefan cel Mare.

— Maria. Oltea’s daughter from her previous marriage.

THE OTTOMANS

— Mehmed the Conqueror. — ( oc: golden child; lion boy )

— Murad II. The sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Mehmed the Conqueror’s father.

— Bayezid. Mehmed the Conqueror’s eldest son, born to Gülbahar Hatun.

— Mustafa. Mehmed the Conqueror’s second and favourite son, born to Gülşah Hatun.

— Cem. Mehmed the Conqueror’s youngest son, born to Çiçek Hatun.

— Molla Gürâni.

— Çandarlı Halil Pasha.

— Hamza Pasha.

— Thomas Katavolinos.

— Mahmud Pasha.

— Gedik Ahmed Pasha.

THE HUNGARIANS

— János Hunyadi.

— Erzsébet Szilágyi. János Hunyadi’s wife and the mother of László Hunyadi and Matthias Corvinus.

— Mihály Szilágyi.

— László Hunyadi.

— Ilona Hunyadi. János Hunyadi’s illegitimate daughter. Vlad Drăculea’s first wife and the mother of his youngest son, Vlad.

— Matthias Corvinus. János Hunyadi’s younger son. The king of Hungary.

— Ladislaus the Posthumous.

[redrosecut]

I meant Fatma Sultan because I always forget Fatma Hatun but actually you are much more right about her. With Fatma Sultan, I can at least somehow argue she hated Hürrem for the feuds with her sisters and mother (which were mostly provoked by them but well, family loyalty) but Fatma Hatun really came out of nowhere. Her and Gülşah were really in a league of their own.

Ohhhh my God you hate Hürrem? Should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? Should we invite Mahidevran?

[reallifesultanas]

Family of Mehed II.

[magnificentlyreused]

This green gold dress was first worn by Gülşah Hatun in Magnificent Century. After her exit from the show, it was used again four in the third season. First on an unnamed harem member in the twenty-first episode, then on a guest of Hatice Sultan in the following episode as well as on Rakel Hatun and lastly on another unnamed harem member in the thirty-sixth episode.

[mc-critical]

I know I'm retreading old ground here, but I'll always love Süleiman and Gülfem's little scene in E15, because it reveals everything about both Gülfem herself and her relationship with Süleiman now and going forward. Gülfem's role as a conscience in general and for Süleiman in particular emerges, since when his relationships with his women are put to the test, she is the person he turns to as the first woman he's possibly hurt, as the one embodying that distant past everyone seeks to forget but can't as it always resurfaces all over again (and it's sad and telling that she's remembered only in occasions like these). Gülfem as Süleiman's conscience builds off of Hafsa's, Ibrahim's, Mustafa's and Hatice's isolated moments where they've been consciences for Süleiman yet in this scene it completely distinguishes itself as more of a deeper conscience, privy to Süleiman's inner world in ways we don't know but they themselves do, wholly embracing this moment that's just between them both. But the more her view of what she experienced unveils to us, the more this privyness and understanding Gülfem has for her closest springs forth as the coping mechanism she's developed in order to deal with her circumstances - she loves these people so much, so they're by no means at fault, she is, something has to be missing with her in order for it that devasting end to have come forth (her loss has sadly done a number on her self-worth too: how could someone as ""average"" as her advice Hatice on what to write to Ibrahim??; how could someone as ""average"" as her not be at fault??). She clearly isn't over it (shown by her resentment that occasionally crops up especially in her dynamic with Mahidevran, but also a bit by some of her looks during Mehmet's naming ceremony), but she has to accept it, to go with the flow, to cling to fate and the might of Allah as well (her urging Hatice for them to pray to Allah for Ibrahim in E14, also "When we lost our children* at a very young age, I accepted it as the will of Allah."; it's fascinating how close this brings her to both Hatice and Mahidevran: all three of them lean on fate like that, but Gülfem has experienced something so irreperably final and severe that every sign of something good happening, she'll openly and gladly take it, so is able to see the silver linings in Hatice's experiences that Hati herself can not; both Mahidevran and Gülfem lean on Allah, but unlike Mahi who expects and strives for justice for her suffering that's supposedly outside of Allah, Gülfi lets it go and associates the suffering itself too with Allah, if not with herself), focusing on what she already has, taking it with full hands.

And since that entails the people she supports, the last idea of family remaining to her as SS is so unreachable, and she can't bear to lose them too, the only thing left for her is to love them and idealize them but in different ways and amounts due to her different relationships with them, thus creating a sort of a hierarchy of fondness and idealization: going from Mahidevran (who I guess Gülfem is in good terms with not just due to her good relations with Hatice, but also because she's gotten too used to her as part of the family as well; as an ally, a main part of Gülfem processing everything, so when another person like Hürrem appears who's likely to challenge that status quo, that calm Gülfi has absorbed, she stands behind Mahi, shown in E08; btw, Hürrem too may have also become quite a part of that fondness and idealization line later on, but more about that when I get to S04), to Hafsa (the mother figure for whose will Gülfem's respect is usually absolute), to Hatice (the companion she's closest to, so she's able to give her a lot more empathy and understanding), to finally Süleiman, the last pillar of that hierarchy precisely because he's so unreachable and so dear she couldn't express it until this E15 scene and even then not fully. Even if, along with her understanding of them, she can and has called out others when she feels they're unjust namely due to her fondness of them, Süleiman is completely idealized in her mind, put on that pedestal of everything Gülfem yearns for in her life, of the peace he currently emanates but hasn't gotten from any of his women in return according to Gülfem (and it's interesting that Hürrem comes up promising a calmness to SS after she returns from her exile the same episode). But he won't emanate it much longer and the more her loved ones become disillusioned with him and are then stripped away from Gülfem by him, she starts to notice it in ways she can't deny.

So it's perfect that this scene, the first one that directly verbalizes how much loyalty means to SS especially in terms of his women and presents Gülfem as the first such loyal figure, sets her up as the last and perhaps most striking opposer of that idea. Her final act of defiance only appears sudden; it was always meant to happen like this.

[awkward-sultana]

“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Have Space Suit—Will Travel 

[okyanustakimavioooo]

Evlatsız olunur ama vatansız olunmaz

[malachitezmeyka]

It’s been 2 weeks since I finished Magnificent Century and I’m experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms

[parallellines]

Mehmed II Conqueror + consorts (pictures are for aesthetic)

Emine Gülbahar Hatun — was a favourite consort of Sultan Mehmed II. In most sources she is referred as non-muslim slave who was converted to Islam after her arrival to the harem. There is no agreement on her origins some historians think she was Pontic Greek, Albanian or lowly Slavic. She was the mother of the future Sultan Bayezid II and Gevherhan Hatun. She died circa 1492 and was buried in her mausoleum inside the Fatih Mosque next to her late husband.

Çiçek Yagmur Hatun — was a wife or consort of Sultan Mehmed II. According to some sources she could have been Turkish noblewoman or Serbian, Greek, Venetian, French slave. She entered the harem or married Mehmed at Constantinople and gave birth to her only son Şehzade Cem (Ottoman claimant Sultan) on 22 December 1459. It is not known the degree of influence she had during Mehmed’s reign or if she even was favoured by him. She died on 3 May 1498 of plague and was buried in Cairo.

Hatice Hatun — was a thrid legal wife of Sultan Mehmed II. She was a possible daughter of Zaganos Mehmed Pasha. In 1463 she became Mehmed's third legal wife. After her husband death she remarried with a statesman.

Sitti Mükrime Hatun — was a Turkish Princess and first legal wife of Sultan Mehmed II. Her father was Süleyman Bey the sixth ruler of Dulkadir State. When Mehmed turned seventeen he married her for political purposes. Her possible offspring is unknown. Due to her middle name Sittişah is sometimes confused with Gülbahar Mükrime Hatun another consort of Mehmed. She died in September 1486 and was buried in a mausoleum built inside her mosque.

Helena Palaiologina — was a possible wife of Sultan Mehmed II. Her entering the Sultan's harem is controversial and remain unconfirmed. She was a daughter of the Despot of Morea Demetrios Paleologos the brother of Constantine XI Palaiologos the final Byzantine emperor and Theodora Asanina the daughter of Paul Asan. Some rumors says Mehmed II asked for her after his campaign in Morea having heard of her beauty. Probably he never bedded with her because he was afraid she would poison him. In another case Helena was provided with a pension and large estate at Adrianople by the Sultan though she was forbidden to marry. She died of unknown causes in 1469 or 1470 in Edirne.

Gülşah Hatun — was a second legal wife or consort of Sultan Mehmed II. There is no informations about her origins. She married Mehmed or entered his harem in 1449 when he was still a Prince and the governor of Manisa. Shortly before Murad’s II death she gave a birth to her only son Şehzade Mustafa and followed him to Konya when he became governor of the province. She died circa 1487 and was buried in Bursa in the tomb she had built for herself near that of Mustafa.

Maria Hatun — was a consort of Sultan Mehmed II. Before she entered Mehmed’s harem she was a widow of Alexander Komnenos Asen. According to some sources she was judicated as the most beautiful woman of her age. Some historians claims she could be more likely Murad’s II concubine than Mehmed’s.

Anna Hatun — was a consort of Sultan Mehmed II. Her parents were Trabzon Greek emperor David Komnenos and Helena Kantakuzenos. The marriage was initially proposed by her father, but Mehmed refused. Nontheless when Trabzon was taken in 1461 Anna entered the harem and stayed there for two years after which Mehmed married her off to Zaganos Mehmed Pasha.