Hürrem Sultan : diforc'h etre ar stummoù

▲According to late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century sources like the famous Polish poet, [[Samuel Twardowski]], who actually did research on the subject in Turkey, Hürrem was born to a father who was a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]], or [[Ruthenia]]n, [[Orthodox]] [[priest]], in the town of [[Rohatyn]] which is located 68 km, south east of [[Lviv]], a major city of [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]] which was then part of the [[Kingdom of Poland]], today in western [[Ukraine]]. She was captured by [[Crimean Tatars]] during one of their frequent raids into this region and taken as a [[slavery|slave]], probably first to the Crimean city of Kaffa (Kefe in Turkish, [[Caffa]] in Italian), a major centre of the slave trade, then to Istanbul, and was selected for Süleyman's [[Harem (household)|Harem]]. She quickly came to the attention of her master, and attracted the jealousy of her rivals. One day Süleyman's former favorite, the concubine Mahidevran, also called "Gul Bahar" (The Flower of Spring), got into a fight with Hürrem and beat her badly. Upset by this, Süleyman sent Mahidevran away from Istanbul to the provincial capital of Manisa together with her son, the heir apparent, Prince Mustafa. Thereafter, Hürrem became Süleyman's unrivalled favorite or Haseki. Many years later, probably at the instigation of Hürrem, the Sultan ordered Mustafa to be strangled.

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