Hurrem Sultan-Roxelana خرّم سلطان

Full Name: Hurrem Sultan-Roxelana.

Arabic: خرّم سلطان

Other Names: Aleksandra Anastazja Lisowska, Haseki Hürrem Sultan or Hürrem.

Born: c. 1504.

Died: c. 1558.

Origin: Rohatyn, Ruthenia, Kingdom of Poland (now Ukraine).

Famous for: The most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history.

Contributions: 

Hürrem Sultan is known as the first woman in Ottoman history to concern herself with state affairs.

Acted as Suleiman’s advisor on matters of state, and seems to have had an influence upon foreign policy and on international politics.

Several major works of public buildings, from Makkah to Jerusalem.

She built mosque complexes in Adrianopole and Ankara.

A mosque, two Quranic schools (madrassa), a fountain, and a women’s hospital near the women’s slave market (Avret Pazary) in Istanbul (Haseki Sultan Complex).

Articles

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roxelana

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/roxelana-c-1504-1558

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxelana

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG150189

https://arthistory.fsu.edu/ottoman07/