Mahfiruz


 * Mahfiruz Sultan was Sultan Ahmed I first Haseki. She was the mother of Sultan Osman II and sehzade Beyazid.

She was born as a christian most probably somewhere in the Rumelia province. Her maiden name was Eudoxia or Maria. She was sold as a slave in the Ottoman harem where she was converted to Islam and was given the name Mah-firuz meaning "favourite of the crescent".
 * She became favorite of the sultan at the age of 15, when she gave birth to the first sehzade - Osman. Later the greek slave concubine Anastasia later Kosem took her place as the favorite of the sultan, but Mahfiruze was still the baş haseki - meaning the first woman of the sultan.
 * She was not considered as a powerful sultana, meaning that probably she was not involved in the reign of her son Sultan Osman II but she did carried the title Valide Sultan (Queen mother) for two years.
 * After the death of her son, Mahfiruz was sent to the Eski Saray where she died at the age of 30.
 * See also "Mahfiruze".