@awkward-sultana / awkward-sultana.tumblr.com
"Everyone knows about his majesty's feelings for Hürrem. She has been stuck in his heart like an arrow for years."
Magnificent Century + Costumes in 1.22: The Fury
"If princes were the lifeblood of the Ottoman sultanate, princesses were loved specially. Unlike their brothers, they could never rival their father for popularity and prestige. And like their counterparts around the world, they were useful for the political alliances their marriages consolidated. A vigorous producer of sons, Suleyman may well have wished for more daughters, for only one, Mihrumah, would survive to adulthood. Later in life the sultan seemed to compensate by devoting a great deal of attention to his granddaughters' engagements and weddings...Mihrumah, approaching her eleventh birthday, was the only little princess in the palace. She must have been its darling..." - Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire, Leslie Peirce
"You remind me of someone I used to know a long time ago. Someone who came to this palace years ago..."
Some thought Roxelana used seductive powers, even potions, to induce the love Suleyman appeared to bear her. They called her witch. — Leslie Peirce, Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
MC & MCK Costume Repeats: Green button up kaftan
Magnificent Century Season 1 & 2 + Fathers & Daughters
