Editing Ahmed III (section)

== Family ==
{{See also|Ottoman Imperial Harem}}
Ahmed III is known to be the Sultan with the largest family (and harem) of the Ottoman dynasty. The hostess of his harem was [[Dilhayât Kalfa|Dilhayat Kalfa]], known to be one of the greatest Turkish composeress of the early modern period.

=== Consorts ===
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* [[Emetullah Kadın|Emetullah Banu Kadın]]. [[Kadın (title)|Baş Kadin]] (first consort) and his first concubine, she was the mother of Fatma Sultan, Ahmed's firstborn and favorite daughter. She was Ahmed's most beloved consort, who dedicated a mosque, a school and a fountain to her. Very devoted and active in charity, she died in 1740 in the [[Eski Saray|Old Palace]].
* [[Mihrişah Kadin (mother of Mustafa III)|Emine Mihrişah Kadın]]. She was the mother of four sons including Mustafa III, 26th [[Ottoman Sultans|Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]], but she died before her son's rise and therefore was never [[Valide sultan|Valide Sultan]]. She died in April 1732. Her son built the [[Ayazma Mosque]] in her honor in [[Üsküdar]].
* [[Rabia Şermi Kadın (mother of Abdülhamid I)|Rabia Şermi Kadın]]. She was the mother of Abdülhamid I, 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, but she premorted at the rise of her son and therefore was never Valide Sultan. In 1728, a fountain was dedicated to her in Üsküdar. She died in 1732. Her son built the [[Beylerbeyi Mosque]] in her honor.  
* Ayşe Mihri Behri Kadın. Before she became a consort, she was treasurer of the [[Ottoman imperial harem|harem]].
* Hatem Kadın. Mother of twins, she died in 1772 and was buried in [[Eyüp Cemetery|Eyüp cemetery]].
* [[Muslı Kadın|Emine Musli Kadın]]. Also called Muslıhe Kadın, Muslu Kadin or Musalli Kadın. She was the mother of two daughters, she died in 1750 and was buried with them in the [[New Mosque (Istanbul)|Yeni Cami]].
* Rukiye Kadın. Mother of a daughter and a son, she built a fountain near the Yeni Cami. She died after 1738 and was buried with her daughter in the Yeni Cami.
* Fatma Hümaşah Kadın. She died in 1732 and was buried by the Yeni Cami.
* Gülneş Kadın. Also called Gülnuş Kadın. She is listed in a document naming her consorts exiled to [[Eski Saray|Old Palace]] after the deposition of Ahmed III whose jewels were confiscated. She died after 1730.
* Hürrem Kadın. Listed in a document that names the consorts exiled to Old Palace after the deposition of Ahmed III whose jewels were confiscated. She died after 1730.
* Meyli Kadın. Listed in a document that names the consorts exiled to Old Palace after the deposition of Ahmed III whose jewels were confiscated. She died after 1730.
* Hatice Kadın. She died in 1722 and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Nazife Kadın. Listed in a document that names the consorts exiled to Old Palace after the deposition of Ahmed III whose jewels were confiscated. She died after 1730, perphaps the 29 December 1764.<ref>According to other historians, this would instead be the date of death of Nazife Sultan, a daughter of Ahmed III, survival is controversial due to the fact that it turns out she never married.</ref>
* Nejat Kadın. Listed in a document that names the consorts exiled to Old Palace after the deposition of Ahmed III whose jewels were confiscated. She died after 1730.
* Sadık Kadın. Also called Sadıka Kadin. Listed in a document that names the consorts exiled to Old Palace after the deposition of Ahmed III whose jewels were confiscated. She died after 1730.
* Hüsnüşah Kadın. She died in 1733 and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Şahin Kadın. She died in 1732 and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Ümmügülsüm Kadın. She died in 1768 and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Zeyneb Kadın. Mother of a daughter, she died in 1757 and was buried by the Yeni Cami.
* Hanife Kadın. Mother of a daughter, she died in 1750 and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Şayeste Hanim. [[Ikbal (title)|BaşIkbal]]. She died in 1722 and was buried by the Yeni Cami.

=== Sons ===
Ahmed III had at least twenty-one sons, all buried, apart from the two who became Sultans, in the [[New Mosque (Istanbul)|Yeni Cami]]:{{sfn|Topal|2001|p=680 and beyond}}<ref name="Onur, Oral 1994"/><ref name=": 1"/><ref name=": 3"/>
* Şehzade Mehmed (24 November 1705 - 30 July 1706).
* Şehzade Isa (23 February 1706 - 14 May 1706).
* Şehzade Ali (18 June 1706 - 12 September 1706).
* Şehzade Selim (29 August 1706 - 15 April 1708).
* Şehzade Murad (17 November 1707 - 1707).
* Şehzade Murad (25 January 1708 - 1 April 1708).
* Şehzade Abdülmecid (12 December 1709 - 18 March 1710). Twin of Şehzade Abdülmelek.
* Şehzade Abdülmelek (12 December 1709 - 7 March 1711). Twin of Şehzade Abdülmecid.
* Şehzade Süleyman (25 August 1710 - 11 October 1732) - with Mihrişah Kadin. He died in the [[Kafes]] after two years of imprisonment.
* Şehzade Mehmed (8 October 1712 - 15 July 1713).
* Şehzade Selim (21 March 1715 - February 1718) - with Hatem Kadın. Twin of Saliha Sultan.
* [[Şehzade Mehmed (son of Ahmed III)|Şehzade Mehmed]] (2 January 1717 - 2 January 1756) - with Rukiye Kadın. He died in the Kafes after twenty-six years of imprisonment.
* [[Mustafa III]] (28 January 1717 - 21 January 1774) - with Mihrişah Kadin. 26th [[Ottoman Sultans|Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after twenty-seven years of imprisonment in the Kafes. 
* Şehzade Bayezid (4 October 1718 - 24 January 1771) - with Mihrişah Kadin. He died in the Kafes after forty-one years of imprisonment.
* Şehzade Abdullah (18 December 1719 - 19 December 1719).
* Şehzade Ibrahim (12 September 1720 - 16 March 1721).
* Şehzade Numan (22 February 1723 - 29 December 1764). He died in the Kafes after thirty-four years of imprisonment.
* [[Abdul Hamid I]] (20 March 1725 - 7 April 1789) - with Rabia Şermi Kadın. 27th [[Ottoman Sultans|Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after forty-four years of imprisonment in the Kafes. 
* Şehzade Seyfeddin (3 February 1728 - 1732) - with Mihrişah Kadin. He died in the Kafes after two years of imprisonment.
* Şehzade Mahmud (1730 - 22 December 1756). He died in the Kafes after twenty-six years of imprisonment.
* Şehzade Hassan (? - ?). He probably died in the Kafes.

=== Daughters ===
Ahmed III had at least thirty-six daughters:{{sfn|Topal|2001|p=680 and beyond}}<ref name="Onur, Oral 1994"/><ref name=": 1"/><ref name=": 3"/>
* [[Fatma Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)|Fatma Sultan]] (22 September 1704 - May 1733) - with Emetullah Kadın.<ref>According to Alderson, she was instead the daughter of Ayşe Behri Mihri Kadın, but this has been discredited .</ref> She was her father's favorite daughter. She married twice and had two sons and two daughters. She and her second husband were the real power during the [[Tulip Period|Tulip Era]]. She fell from grace after the [[Patrona Halil]] revolt and was confined to [[Çırağan Palace]], where she died three years later.
* Ayşe Sultan (? - 1706). Buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Mihrimah Sultan (17 June 1706 - ?). She died as a child and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Hatice Sultan (21 January 1707 - 22 January 1708). Buried in the [[Türbe|mausoleum]] [[Turhan Sultan]] in the [[New Mosque (Istanbul)|Yeni Cami]].
* Rukiye Sultan (3 March 1707 - 29 August 1707). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* [[Ümmügülsüm Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)|Ümmügülsüm Sultan]] (11 February 1708 - 28 November 1732). Twin of Zeynep Sultan. She married once and had four sons and a daughter.
* Zeynep Sultan (11 February 1708 - 5 November 1708). Twin sister of Ümmügülsüm Sultan. She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Zeynep Sultan (5 January 1710 - July 1710). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Hatice Sultan (8 February 1710 - 1710, before September). She was buried in the Turhan Sultan mausoleum in Yeni Cami.
* [[Hatice Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)|Hatice Sultan]] (27 September 1710 - 1738) - with Rukiye Kadın. She married twice and had a son.
* Emine Sultan (1711 - 1720). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* [[Atike Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)|Atike Sultan]] (29 February 1712 - 2 April 1737). She got married once and she had a son.
* Rukiye Sultan (7 March 1713 - October 1715). Buried in the Turhan Sultan mausoleum in Yeni Cami.
* [[Zeynep Sultan|Zeynep Asima Sultan]] (8 April 1714 - March 25, 1774). She married twice and she had a son. 
* [[Saliha Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)|Saliha Sultan]] (21 March 1715 - 11 October 1778) - with Hatem Kadın. Twin of Şehzade Selim. She was married five times and had a son and four daughters.
* [[Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)|Ayşe Sultan]] (10 October 1715 - 9 July 1775) - with Musli Kadın. Nicknamed Küçük Ayşe (meaning Ayşe'' the youngest'') to distinguish her from her cousin [[Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II)|Ayşe'' the eldest'']], daughter of [[Mustafa II]]. She married three times and had a daughter.
* Ferdane Sultan (? - 1718). She died as a child and she was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Reyhane Sultan (1718 - 1729). Also called Reyhan Sultan or Rihane Sultan. She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Ümmüseleme Sultan (? - 1719). Also called Ümmüselma Sultan. She died as a child and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Rabia Sultan (19 November 1719 - before 1727). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Emetullah Sultan (1719 - 1723) Also called Ümmetullah Sultan. She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Rukiye Sultan (? - 1720). She died as a child and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Beyhan Sultan (? - 1720). She died as a child and was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Emetullah Sultan (17 September 1723 - 28 January 1724). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Emine Sultan (late 1723/early 1724 - 1732). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Nazife Sultan (May 1723/1725 - before 1730 or 29 December 1764). Exceptionally, she never married, most likely because she was chronically ill or had physical and/or mental problems. She lived in seclusion in the [[Eski Saray|Old Palace]] all her life. However, according to other historians, she actually died a child and the Nazife who died in the Old Palace in 1764 was instead one of Ahmed III's consorts with the same name, Nazife Kadin.
* Ümmüselene Sultan (12 October 1724 - 5 December 1732). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Naile Sultan (15 December 1725 - October 1727). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* [[Esma Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)|Esma Sultan]] (14 March 1726 - 13 August 1778) - with Hanife Kadın or Zeyneb Kadın. Nicknamed Büyük Esma (meaning Esma ''the eldest'') to distinguish her from her niece [[Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdul Hamid I)|Esma ''the younger'']], daughter of Abdülhamid I. She married three times and had a daughter. 
* Sabiha Sultan (19 December 1726 - 17 December 1726). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Rabia Sultan (28 October 1727 - 4 April 1728). Also called Rebia Sultan. She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* [[Zübeyde Sultan]] (28 March 1728 - 4 June 1756) - with Musli Kadın. She married twice.
* Ümmi Sultan (? - 1729). Called also Ümmügülsüm Sultan. She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Ümmühabibe Sultan (? - 1730). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Akile Sultan (? - 1737). She was buried in the Yeni Cami.
* Ümmi Sultan (1730 - 1742). Called also Ümmügülsüm Sultan. She was buried in the Yeni Cami.