[19] In the nineteenth century, they had two rooms on the second floor of the palace, one facing the Bosphorus Straits, and serving as a salon, and the other facing the palace gardens, and serving as a bedroom.
[23] Sometimes she was invited to dine with the sultan, and when this happened in the early years of the Ottoman dynasty, she used to sit at a separate table.
[23] The kadıns were not permitted to receive outside visitors or to leave the palace except to accompany the sultan to another of his abodes.
[24] When they left Topkapı Palace for one of the other places, the utmost care was taken to prevent them from being seen.
[25] The kadıns were allowed to join Friday mosque processions if they wished.
[30] In the nineteenth century, if a kadın died, the laying out of the corpse and the wrapping in the winding sheet took place at the Topkapı Palace.
[31] If the valide sultan were deceased, authority over the harem devolved to the senior kadın, a position appointed by the monarch for life.