Since, Muazzez Sultan, the mother of Sultan Ahmed had died in 1687[3] before his accession to the throne in 1691, when Rabia became the Ahmed's favorite she assumed the position of the highest ranking female member of the royal family[4] with the title of "Senior Consort".[5]
On 6 October 1692, she gave birth to twin sons, Şehzade Ibrahim and Şehzade Selim, in the Edirne Palace.[6][7] Following their birth, Ahmed presented her the mansion of Bayburtlu Kara Ibrahim Pasha located in Kuzguncuk.[1] Şehzade Selim died in May 1693.[8]
On 11 November 1692, she was given the title of "Haseki Sultan". Rabia was the last woman in history to have this title: after Ahmed II death, the mains consorts of next Sultans were entitled as Kadın, a non exclusive and less prestigious title.[9]Kara Mustafa Pasha, who had been executed in 1683, had left a large amount of assets which had been enlisted in the imperial treasury. In December 1692, diamond froggings from these assets ended up on Rabia's fur coat. She also received a diamond crown from the same assets.[10]
In January 1694, Rabia attended the wedding of Ümmügülsüm Sultan, daughter of Mehmed IV, and Silahdar Çerkes Osman Pasha.[11] On 23 October 1694, she gave birth to her third child and only daughter, Asiye Sultan.[12] Following her birth, Ahmed granted her lands in Aleppo.[12][13]
Gevherhan Sultan, daughter of Sultan Ibrahim, and Rabia's sister-in-law, is understood to have been in great debt, as is demonstrated by Topkapı Palace archives dating 28 November 1694, a substantial amount of which was owed to Rabia.[14]
Some of the debts mentioned were covered by the allocation of Gevherhan's grants from her hass, that is revenue-producing estates to Asiye Sultan, the infant daughter of Ahmed and Rabia,[15][16] as shown in archives dating 1 December 1694.[14]
Rabia was widowed following Ahmed's death in February 1695. On 7 March, her son Şehzade Ibrahim, was put in the care of Valide SultanGülnuş, whereas she and her daughter Asiye were sent to the Old Palace in Istanbul,[17] where Asiye died in December 1695.[12][18]
Her son, Şehzade Ibrahim, who became heir apparent in 1703, after Sultan Ahmed III's accession to the throne, outlived her by two years, dying in 1714.[21]
Together with Ahmed, Rabia had three children, two twins sons and a daughter:
Şehzade Ibrahim (Edirne Palace, Edirne, 6 October 1692 – Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, 4 May 1714, buried in Mustafa I Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia), twin with Selim, became Crown Prince on 22 August 1703;
Şehzade Selim (Edirne Palace, Edirne, 6 October 1692 – Edirne Palace, Edirne, 15 May 1693, buried in Sultan Mustafa Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia), twin with Ibrahim;
Asiye Sultan (Edirne Palace, Edirne, 24 August 1694 – Eski Palace, Bayezid, Istanbul, 9 December 1695, buried in Suleiman I Mausoleum, Süleymaniye Mosque);[12]
^Akçetin, Elif; Faroqhi, Suraiya (October 20, 2017). Living the Good Life: Consumption in the Qing and Ottoman Empires of the Eighteenth Century. BRILL. pp. 410–411. ISBN978-9-004-35345-9.
