↑Freely, John (2001). 《The lost Messiah》. Viking. 132쪽. ISBN0-670-88675-0. He set up his harem there, his favourite being Rabia Giilniis Ummetiillah, a Greek girl from Rethymnon on Crete
↑Palmer, Alan (2009). 《The decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire》. Barnes & Noble. 27쪽. ISBN1-56619-847-X. Unusually, the twenty-nine year old Ahmed III was a brother, rather than a half- brother, of his predecessor; their Greek mother, Rabia
↑Bromley, J. S. (1957). 《The New Cambridge Modern History》. University of California: University Press. 554쪽. ISBN0-521-22128-5. the mother of Mustafa II and Ahmed III was a Greek
↑Sardo, Eugenio Lo (1999). 《Tra greci e turchi: fonti diplomatiche italiane sul Settecento ottomano》. Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche. 82쪽. ISBN88-8080-014-0. Their mother, a Greek, lady named Rabia Gülnûş, continued to wield influence as the Valide Sultan - mother of the reigning sultan
↑Library Information and Research Service (2005). 《The Middle East》. Library Information and Research Service. 91쪽. She was the daughter of a Greek family and she was the mother of Mustafa II (1664–1703), and Ahmed III (1673–1736).
↑Baker, Anthony E - Freely, John (1993). 《The Bosphorus》. Redhouse Press. 146쪽. ISBN975-413-062-0. The Valide Sultan was born Evmania Voria, daughter of a Greek priest in a village near Rethymnon on Crete. She was captured by the Turks when they took Rethymnon in 1645.