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53didi avtoritetiT sargeblobda. droTa ganmavlobaSi misi gavlena kidevufro gaizarda da xSirad igi saxelmwifo saqmeebSic ki ereoda.Zveli sasaxlidan axal sasaxleSi gadasvlisas imarTebodaceremoniali, romelsac Valide Alay, anu valides pativsacemad gamarTuliceremoniali ewodeboda. axali sultani taxtze asvlidan ramdenime dRisSemdeg brZanebas gascemda Tavisi dedis Zveli sasaxlidan axalsasaxleSi gadayvanis Sesaxeb. validesTan erTad axal sasaxleSigadadioda mTeli amala msaxurebisa. “im gzaze, sadac validetaxtrevanze mjdomi Caivlida, uamravi xalxi iyo Sekrebili. ieniCrebi 25misalmebiT xvdebodnen, rodesac valide monebs Cauvlida, maT saCuqrebsda axal fuls urigebda. sasaxleSi Sesvlisas sultani egebeboda dedas,xelebs ukocnida da sixaruliT SigniT SeuZRveboda” (faqalini 1993:581).valide sultani taxtis memkvidreze maRla idga. taxtis memkvidresrigiT mesame adgili ekava. “valides mmarTveloba Svilis sultnobisperiods moicavda. Tu Svili gardaicvleboda an taxtidan Camoagdebdnen,isic (valide) kargavda Tavis tituls da “Zveli valide sultnis”saxeliT iwodeboda (“Eski Valide Sultan”)” (ozTuna 1986:17).sultnis mcirewlovanobis SemTxvevaSi, valide sultani xdebodamisi Semcvleli. Tu sultani laSqrobaSi an samogzaurod midioda, Tavistaxts sammarTvelod dedas utovebda. dedis garda es saqmianobaSeiZleba miendo taxtis memkvidrisaTvis, didvezirisaTvis, an romelimevezirisaTvis.valide sultnebis raodenoba 22-ia. “es 22 valide sultani jamSi226 weli marTavda qveyanas. 22 validedan 6 Svilebis gardacvalebisSemdeg “Zveli valide sultnis” saxeliT ganagrZobda cxovrebas, 15 ki25 ieniCrebi – ieniCarTa korpusi [Turq. yeniçeri, “axali jari”] – samxedro korpusiosmaleTis imperiaSi, romlis dakompleqteba xdeboda devSirmes (samxedrobegara) wesiT aRzrda-ganaTleba miRebul qristianuli warmomavlobisgamuslimebul WabukTagan. korpusis Seqmnis erT-erTi ganmapirobebeli faqtoriiyo bizantielTa winaaRmdeg omebSi, upirvelesad ki maTi daculi qalaqebisa dacixe-simagreebis aRebisaTvis organizebuli infanteriis arsebobisaucilebloba (svaniZe 1999a:82).