ABSTRACT
It is hoped that all who witness the history of this great munificence will say prayers for the great Valide Sultan who had these fortresses built.
(Abdi Abdurrahman Pasha, court chronicler, 659)
There once was a Hadice Sultan, Hadice Hanım; she built the fortress with [the money from] her golden slippers … I heard it from my father … the story has always been told like this.
