#Mahfiruze Hatun

[reallifesultanas]

Family of Ahmed I.

Some new information about Fatma: "There is no clear information in the sources about the date of Fatma Sultan's death, it is generally stated that she died after her marriage to Kozbekçi Yusuf Pasha. The cause of her death is unknown. The date on which the jewels to be sold in her estate were recorded is shown as March 1671" (...) "Considering that the inheritance was recorded after the funeral and burial procedures, it is seen that the collection of the estate took time."So she possibly died in very late 1670 or early 1671 we can be fine with that. Based on this new study she left money, inheritance to: - Haseki Sultan, who back then was Emetullah Rabia Gülnüş - Fatma Hanimsultan, who was her step-daughter and so the daughter of Esmehan Kaya Sultan --> this is interesting as Fatma Sultan and Melek Ahmed (father of Fatma Hanimsultan) were not in the best relationship... But at the same times Fatma the older cared for Fatma the younger. At this point i must mention something. We usually consider the marriage of Esmehan Kaya and Melek Ahmed a close and lovely one because of Evliya. Evliya praised the two of them, but at the same time Evliya and Melek Ahmed were relatives, sooooo maybe this whole Melek Ahmed and Esmehan thing was not so lovely? Maybe Fatma disliked Melek Ahmed with a reason? Or maybe she just blamed him for the death of Esmehan Kaya? The article mentions only two sons of Fatma: Hüseyin and Ömer. It says that Hüseyin was born from her marriage to Kaptan-ı Derya Canpoladzade Mustafa Pasha; Ömer was born from her marriage to Koca Yusuf Pasha. But we know another son of Fatma, Süleyman Bey also from Canpolzade Pasha; and one son from her very first marriage, Hasan, who died as a baby.Also it is clear that Fatma Sultan married her third husband Koca Yusuf Pasha not in 1656 but ~1637/8.  

[elizabeth-halime]

"I just want them to know

That I gave my everything

I did my best

I brought someone to happiness

It made this world a little better

Just because

I was here"

(I Was Here - Beyoncé)

[awkward-sultana]

(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Mahfiruze’s white gown and gold kaftan in 1x05 (requested by @callmedoctorwho)

[malitasoledad]

Muhtesem Yuzyil Kosem - 9 Bolum

[heiressofsytherin]

Magnificent Century + Promo

[magnificent-sultana]

Women from season 1 of Muhtesem Yuzyil: Kosem (Magnificent Century: Kosem) that cause bi panic:

1. Gülcan Arslan as Fahriye Sultan

2. Beren Saat as Mahpeyker Kosem Sultan

3.  Aslıhan Gürbüz as Halime Sultan

4. Dilara Aksüyek as Mahfiruz Hatice Sultan

5. Anastasia Tsilimpiou as Mahpeyker Kosem Sultan

6. Sasha Perera as Golge Hatun 

7. Tülin Özen as Handan Sultan

8. Gizem Emre as Yasemin Hatun

9. Tugba Melis Türk as Katerina Hatun

10. Hulya Avsar as Safiye Sultan

[mihrimahsultan03]

Gowns worn by more than one character:

Part: 21

Gifs by: @awkward-sultana and @kosem-sultana

[tiny-librarian]

Mahfiruz 1 was way better than Mahfiruze2.

There.

I said it.

So much wasted potential.

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Ahmed I

"Ahmed I took the throne at the age of 13 and reigned for 14 years. It is possible that he had more hasekis. However, since Kösem Sultan became the sultan's favourite, the other consorts did not play an important role in the harem, so their name must have not been recorded in history or in documents. Just like with Hürrem, Nurbanu and Safiye Sultan." — M. Çağatay Uluçay, Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

[mc-critical]

A little thing than always despite me in mc:kosem is the treatment given to Mahfiruze hatun (the first one) and Sayeste. I mean...THEY ARE WONDERFUL. But they were totally ruined ! WHY ? it's a absolute criminal act i think, because they were nuanced with flaws and qualities on my opinion (Mahfiruze is emotive and try to kill her weak side with her arrogance, she has loved ones with and has a talent for manipulation when Sayeste is loyal, grateful but dellusioned ans angry) What do you think about the two girls ? What will you like to see with her ?

Oh yeah, early Mahfiruz was filled with potential from the start. I also love the subtly presented vulnerability of her character: that was perhaps her best scene that gave her both flavor and uniqueness. Developing a devious nature and sneakiness to mask a more insecure side of yourself isn't the most outstanding concept ever, but it's something that we didn't really get to see all that often in the franchise, especially not as masterfully established in a single scene, no less. And Anastasia herself being the one that discovered that vulnerability of hers is a rare gem that should be cherished and lets me acknowledge this simple conversation as one of the softest lines of action and dialogue in MCK.

What baffles me the most is not so much that the writers wimped out on her at some point, since that was to be expected both due to other cases in the past and the whatever reason behind the scenes (did the actress want to leave the show? I heard that there was something like this, but I'm not sure...), but how quickly they gave up on her future set up and development, most possibly even before the supposed stuff behind the scenes happened. She had so much promise with her one scene wonder, then we had a parallel repetition of the beating plot in MC E03 (that somehow ended up being even more filler than that from a narrative standpoint, how do they do it?) and... that was it. 2-3 episodes before her "departure" it was already done. There was some hope they would continue on her character concept when we realized that TIMS wouldn't give up on this relatively major role in the story, even if with a different actress. But Dilara Aksuek's Mahfiruze was an entirely different character that didn't live up to Mahfiruz's potential and instead turned her into a one-dimensional S01 Mahidevran archetype that has only a single aspect of that archetype. And that was a problem and relatively, a downgrade, because it seemed like Mahfiruz's dynamic with Anastasia, despite of some similarities, wouldn't be just a rehash of the typical rivalry dynamic between the two main concubines of the Sultan. The chance of seeing something different went away completely.

And you know, Dilara's Mahfiruze would've been a much better character if the writers picked up where the old Mahfiruz left off without killing her off, just replacing her actress (similarly to Vahide Perçin's Hürrem, but applied to a more minor character, of course), but also kept Mahfiruze's relationship with Ahmet and fleshed out more her relationship with Osman, fully utilizing her thematic role in setting the conflict between him and Kösem, which would have freely happened with both fleshing her character out and letting her meet her doom during the time-skip in E21, if you want that so badly, writers - these two aren't mutually exclusive concepts! But we got two safe, effortless, sudden and abrupt endings of two characters that we ended up not caring as much about in the long run due to sloppy writing.

While the waste of Mahfiruz's foundation is far from the worst offence of the show, it's certainly the most bizarre one. Unlike MCK Turhan, where they more or less had to rush things, they didn't have that much of an excuse to turn Mahfiruz's concept and role into... this. I, for one, generally cut the MCK writers more slack because of the ratings, but I don't feel this can be done here, neither because it is a choice they had to make because of ratings in terms of both characters, nor because I think the ratings would've gone down, if they fleshed Dilara's Mahfiruze more, quite the opposite really. Mahfiruz and Mahfiruze. didn't. deserve. the. MC. S04. Rumeysa. treatment. I fully believe this is one thing they could've avoided, yet didn't.

I'm not such a big fan of Şayeste, to be honest. I never liked her or her writing from the start, but that doesn't mean that she didn't deserve better. Her characterization was bonkers the instant she was introduced and her going back and forth from side to side was neither well written, nor interesting, unlike the duality of some other characters. They set her as a mean girl quickly manipulated by Mahfiruz from the start with only some more positive traits and I don't believe that "Heel Face turn" felt as earned as intended. Though, yeah, the worse thing here is that, just like Mahfiruz, the writers wimped out on her completely after that turn and that was also unfortunate. I would've loved to see these gratitude and loyalty you're talking about more in the story, even though their use was a step better than everything with Mahfiruz and Mahfiruze, and also, a bigger, closer role to Kösem, even though Meleki apparently took that spot for her.

Their dynamic was... okay? It seemed to only be a plot device at the end of the day and it was very vague and one-dimensional, too? I definetly wouldn't object if we saw more of it, but my current impressions just aren't as strong. It only seemed to have fulfilled a single purpose and left. If the writers fleshed both of these characters more, it would've been great though, no doubt.

[reallifesultanas]

So now I just had some free time to upload the family trees of the sultan’s we already discussed. 

Mehmed III’s family is less known than the others, thats why his whole family tree seems small compared to the others. We must know, that none of the daughters are surely from Halime or Handan. You can read about it longer in their portraits and than you will understand what I’m talking about. Here are the connecting portraits for this family tree: Mehmed III, Halime, Handan, Mehmed III’s daughters, Ahmed I, Mustafa I

Ahmed I’s family is big and quite well documented. There are still questions of course as in any other sultan’s family.  Here are the connecting portraits for this family tree: Ahmed I, Mahfiruze, Kösem, Ahmed I’s daughters, Osman II, Murad IV, Ibrahim I, Ahmed I’s sons

Osman II died young and had a small family, though there are still questions about him: Its not sure he married Pertev Pasha’s granddaughter and its not sure that Mustafa and Zeynep were his children. Some says Mustafa and Zeynep both were Ahmed I’s children who died infancy. Plus we don’t know for 100% sure if Meylişah was the mother of Şehzade Ömer or Ayşe. So actually nearly nothing is sure in Osman’s family tree. *insert facepalm meme here*  Here are the connecting portraits for this family tree: Osman II, Osman II’s consorts

Murad IV had a big family, but we know quite little about his consorts and sons and sometimes the dates are not valid also.  Here are the connecting portraits for this family tree:  Murad IV, Murad IV’s consorts, Murad IV’s daughters

[dyingroses]

Some beautiful MC:Kösem costumes

[awkward-sultana]

(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Mahfiruze’s light blue gown and sheer kaftan in 1x06 (requested by @callmedoctorwho)

[malitasoledad]

Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem - 6 Bolum

[heiressofsytherin]

[magnificent-sultana]

Characters that deserved better- Muhtesem Yuzyil & Muhtesem Yuzyil: Kosem

1. Haseki Ayse Sultan

2. Mahidevran Sultan

3. Sehzade Mustafa

4.. Matrakci Nasuh Efendi

5. Seker Aga

6. Handan Sultan

7. Gevherhan Sultan

8. Sehzade Mehmed

9. Kalika Hatun

10. Mahfiruz Hatun

11. Sultan Mustafa I

12. Daye Hatun