Muslı Kadın
Consort of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III
Emine Muslı Kadın (known also as Muslıhe, Muslu, or Musalli; Ottoman Turkish: امینہ مسلی قادین; "benign, trustworthy" and "consoler, comforter"; c. 1699 – 2 August 1750) was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III (reign 1703 – 1730).
Early life
Emine Muslı Kadın was born in 1699 in Sochi, Circassia. She had two elder sisters and a younger brother. In her youth, she practiced playing piano and harp.
When she was eleven she ended up in Istanbul via the Crimean slave trade and was entrusted in the care of Saliha Sultan (a consort of Mustafa II, Ahmed III's older brother) in the Old Palace. Ahmed visited old palace in 1713 on the Eid-ul-Fitr when he came to meet his nieces. She became the consort of Ahmed in 1714.
Palace life and charities
Muslı Kadın enjoyed a comfortable status during the reign of Ahmed III. She had beautiful eyes with darting eyelashes. In 1715, she constructed a bakery in the bazaar of Istanbul.
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