Sultan grammar—uses the same words for both women and men. However, this styling misconstrues the roles of wives of sultans. In a similar usage, the wife of a German field marshal might be styled "Frau Feldmarschall" (similarly, in French, constructions of the type "madame la maréchale" are quite common). The female leaders in Muslim history are correctly known as "sultanas". However, the wife of the sultan in the Sultanate of Sulu is styled as the "panguian" while the sultan's chief wife in many sultanates of Indonesia and Malaysia are known as "permaisuri", "Tunku Ampuan", "Raja Perempuan", or "Tengku Ampuan". The queen
Haseki sultan Haseki sultan Haseki Sultan (, "Ḫāṣekī Sulṭān;" ) was the imperial title used for the chief consort of an Ottoman Sultan. Haseki sultan meant "chief consort" or "single favorite" of the sultan. In later years, the meaning of the title changed to "imperial consort". Hürrem Sultan, principal consort of Suleiman the Magnificent, was the first holder of this title. The title haseki sultan was only used until the 17th century. After that, "Kadınefendi" became the highest ranking title for imperial consorts. The word "haseki" (خاصکي-خاصگی) comes from the Arabic word Khassa خاصه which is suffixed with the Persian "gi" گی