TRENDEFRAtlas of the Sultans · Glossary
Term · Palace and dynasty
Also known as: the “cage”
The closed life that the princes lived under supervision inside the palace after 1617.
Once princes were no longer sent out to the sanjaks, members of the dynasty began to be kept in the palace. This closed life, which began in 1617, is called the kafes (“cage”). As a result the princes lost the chance to gain experience of government in the provinces before coming to the throne.
Open the map in 1617Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, article “ŞEHZADE” (in Turkish); text condensed for the atlas.