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Hurrem Sultan ( Empress Roxelana )

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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The Sultan and the Concubine - One Son, You're Responsible for His Fate

In horem's nineteenth year, 15 21, oh, this is momentous in the life of everyone around here. In the spring, the sultan went off to besiege the city belgrade. This is the first of his westward expansion battles on his way to conquer europe o. And when he returned, triumphant in the fall, he discovered that there was some terrible news. His oldest son, mahmud, and his third son, morad, had both perished from an illness while he was away. But about a month hurem gave birth to another little boy named mahmet, seven years younger than his surviving brother, mustapha. So it's an all

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