Baş Kadın: The first/most senior consorts were called Baş Kadın or Birinci Kadin. The consort who carried title "Baş Kadın" was in the second rank and most powerful after Valide Sultan in harem. She had a great influence in harem. Before creation and after aboliton of the title haseki, this title (Baş Kadın) was the most powerful position for the consorts of Sultan. A sultan did not have more than four Kadin (same law used for legal wives in Islam). Their position as the possible mother of a future Sultan gives them much influence and power in the harem.