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𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨: Murad III

Murad III, not satisfied with the girls in the harem, engaged in relationships with women from outside as well. For this reason it was claimed he had 100-130 children while he was alive, most of them dying before him; at his death, he had 49 children, 19 sons and 30 daughters. Moreover, it was stated that seven concubines who were pregnant with his children were thrown in the sea at his death. When Murad died, his concubines and consorts were sent to the Old Palace and were married to statesmen, with a ratio of two concubines per statesman. — M. Çağatay Uluçay, Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

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“It was not only in life but in death as well that Nurbanu Sultan enjoyed extraordinary honors. Contrary to the custom whereby the sultan remained in the palace during a funeral, Murad accompanied his mother’s coffin on foot, weeping as he walked, to the mosque of Mehmed the Conqueror, where funeral prayers were said."  – Leslie P. Peirce - The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire