Vem daterade Şebsefa Kadın?

Şebsefa Kadın

Şebsefa Kadın, död 1805, var den åttonde gemålen (slavkonkubinen) till den osmanska sultanen Abd ül-Hamid I (regent 1774-1789).

Hon grundade 1787 en skola öppen även för flickor, och nämns därför ibland som en pionjär för utbildning för flickor.

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Abdul Hamid I

Abdul Hamid I

Abdulhamid I or Abdul Hamid I (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد اول, `Abdü’l-Ḥamīd-i evvel; Turkish: I. Abdülhamid; 20 March 1725 – 7 April 1789) was the 27th sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to 1789. A devout and pacifist sultan, he inherited a bankrupt empire and sought military reforms, including overhauling the Janissaries and navy. Despite internal efforts and quelling revolts in Syria, Egypt, and Greece, his reign saw the critical loss of Crimea and defeat by Russia and Austria. The 1774 Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca granted Russia territorial and religious influence. He died soon after the fall of Ochakov in 1788.

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