Hüsnüşah Hatun
| Hüsnüşah Hatun | |
|---|---|
| Died | c. 1513 Bursa, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Bayezid II |
| Issue | Sultanzade Sultan Şehzade Şehinşah |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Hüsnüşah Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: حسنی شاہ خاتون; died c. 1513), called also Hüsnişah Hatun or Hüsnüşad Hatun, was a concubine of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
Family
According to tradition Hüsnüşah was the daughter of Nasuh Bey, descendant of Ibrahim II Bey, who was ruler of Karaman before the Ottoman conquest, and the sister of Piri Ahmed Bey and Abdülkerim Bey,[2][3][1] but harem records indicate her instead as a slave concubine of Christian origins.[4]
In the harem
Hüsnüşah entered Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya sanjak. She gave birth to two children, a daughter, Sultanzade Sultan, and a son, Şehzade Şehinşah in 1470.[5][6][4]
According to Ottoman tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. Şehinşah, was sent to Menteşe, Manisa, Konya, and then in 1485 to Karaman, and Hüsnüşah accompanied him. She built and endowed a mosque in 1490,[7][6][5][8] and Kurşunlu Han in 1497 at Manisa.[9] She also made several endowments in memory of her ancestors.[10]
After Şehzade Şehinşah's execution in 1511, Hüsnüşah in a letter reported that she had been rendered crazy following his execution, defended his innocence, and requested that a mausoleum be built in his memory.[11] She also corresponded with Selim I, Şehinşah's victorious brother, on behalf of Mevlana Pir Ahmed Çelebi, a scholar who had been at Şehinşah's court and who was neglected when the members of the prince's household were assigned new posts.[12]
Issue
From Bayezid II, Hüsnüşah Hatun had a daughter and a son:
- Sultanzade Sultan (Amasya, before 1470 -?)
- Şehzade Şehinşah (Amasya, 1470 - Karaman, 2 July 1511, buried in his half-brother Şehzade Ahmed's mausoleum). He had a known consort, Mükrime Hatun (buried in her own mausoleum in Muradiye Complex, Bursa), five sons and a daughter.
Death
Hüsnüşah Hatun died at Bursa in 1513, and was buried in Muradiye Complex.[5][4][6][13]
References
- ^ a b Tektaş, Nazım (2004). Harem'den Taşanlar (in Turkish). Çatı Kitapları. p. 80. ISBN 9758845020.
- ^ Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1985). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları (in Turkish). Türk Tarih Kurumu. p. 46.
- ^ Said Öztürk, Ahmet Akgündüz. Ottoman History - Misperceptions and Truths. IUR Press.
- ^ a b c Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 188.
- ^ a b c Uluçay, M. Çağatay. BAYAZID II. IN ÂILESI. pp. 108, 109, 116–17.
- ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 46.
- ^ Peirce 1993, p. 52-53.
- ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 188-89.
- ^ Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 73.
- ^ Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 55 n. 25.
- ^ Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 314 n. 87.
- ^ Peirce 1993, p. 50.
- ^ Raif Kaplanoğlu (1998). Bursalı şair, yazar, ve ünlüler ansiklopedisi. Avrasya Etnografya Vakfı. p. 212.
Sources
- Al-Tikriti, Nabil Sirri (2004). Şehzade Korkud (ca. 1468-1513) and the Articulation of Early 16th Century Ottoman Religious Identity – Volume 1 and 2.
- Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
- Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.