Career
Rabia Sultan, whose original name is unknown, was captured during one of the raids by Tatars and sold into slavery. The women of the Ottoman sultan lived in the Imperial Harem, one of the most important elements of the Ottoman court. According to Ottoman tradition, she was given an Arabic name.
On 6 October 1692 she gave birth twin sons, Şehzade Ibrahim and Şehzade Selim, followed by a daughter, Asiye Sultan on 24 December 1693.
Her only surviving child, Şehzade Ibrahim, was given to the new Valide Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan. Her resting place is located inside the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent in Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul.
