 The royalty of the Indian Mughal Empire used the title "shahzada" for princes and the feminine equivalent of this title, "shahzadi", for princesses.Before the 16th century, Ottoman imperial princesses and consorts of the Sultan held the same title after their given name, "hatun", the Turkish form of the Mongolian title "khatun" (the feminine equivalent of "khan").By the beginning of the 16th century, Ottoman princesses held the title of "sultan" after their given name, titles that were also held by other prominent members of the Ottoman imperial family