Şirin Hatun
The mausoleum of Şirin Hatun located inside the Muradiye Complex, Bursa
Bornc. 1447
Diedc. 1521(1521-00-00) (aged 73–74)
Bursa, Ottoman Empire
(present day Bursa, Turkey)
Burial
Muradiye Complex, Bursa
SpouseBayezid II
IssueAynışah Sultan
Şehzade Abdullah
ReligionSunni Islam

Şirin Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: شیریں خاتون; "sweet one"[1]) was a consort (concubine) of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Her origin is unknown, but the consorts of the Ottoman sultans were by custom normally concubines who came to the Ottoman Imperial harem via the Ottoman slave trade.[2]

Şirin entered the Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya. She gave birth to Bayezid's eldest daughter Aynışah Sultan in 1463 and his eldest son, Şehzade Abdullah in 1465[3][4]

According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. In 1467–68, Şirin accompanied Abdullah, when was sent to Manisa, and then to Trabzon in early 1470s. In 1480, the two returned to Manisa, and following the 1481 succession struggle to Konya.[4][5]

The Sultan had granted her the village of Emakin in Mihaliç. She endowed two schools, one in Bursa, and the other in Mihaliç. She also built two mosques, one in Eynesil,[6] and the other known as "Hatuniye Mosque" located inside Trabzon Castle in 1470.[7] For her endowments, she allocated the villages of Kabacaağaç and Kadi in Şile, as well as four existing mills on Koca Dere Creek in Şile.[6]

After the death of Şehzade Abdullah in 1483,[5] Şirin retired to Bursa. In retirement, she built a tomb for Abdullah, in which she and her daughter were too buried at their death.[3][4][8]

Issue

From Bayezid II, Şirin had a daughter and a son:

  • Aynışah Sultan (Amasya, c. 1463 - Bursa, c. 1514). She married Ahmed Bey in 1490 and had with him two daughters, Hanzade Hanimsultan and Neslihan Hanimsultan, and a son, Sultanzade Zeyneddin Bey. She was buried in Bursa with her mother and brother.
  • Şehzade Abdullah (Amasya; 1465 - Konya; 11 June 1483). Bayezid's first son, he died of unknown causes and was buried in Bursa. He married his cousin Nergiszade Ferahşad Sultan (daughter of Şehzade Mustafa, son of Mehmed II), with whom he had a son who died in infancy (1481-1489) and two daughters, Şahnisa Sultan (1482- ?, married firstly her cousin Şehzade Mehmed Şah, son of her father's half brother Şehzade Şehinşah; and later Mirza Mehmed Pasha, by she had a son, Sultanzade Şemsi Ahmed Pasha) and Aynişah Sultan (1484 - ?, married with Fülan Pasha).

References

  1. ↑ Argit, Betül Ipsirli (October 29, 2020). Life after the Harem: Female Palace Slaves, Patronage and the Imperial Ottoman Court. Cambridge University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-108-48836-5.
  2. ↑ Peirce, Leslie (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508677-5.
  3. 1 2 Uluçay 2011, p. 46.
  4. 1 2 3 Uluçay, M. Çağatay. BAYAZID II. IN ÂILESI. p. 109.
  5. 1 2 Al-Tikriti, Nabil Sirri (2004). Şehzade Korkud (ca. 1468-1513) and the Articulation of Early 16th Century Ottoman Religious Identity – Volume 1 and 2. pp. 311–12.
  6. 1 2 Hızlı, Mefail (1999). Mahkeme sicillerine göre Osmanlı klasik döneminde ilköğretim ve Bursa sıbyan mektepleri. Uludağ Üniversitesi Basımevi. p. 169. ISBN 978-9-756-95817-9.
  7. ↑ Horuluoğlu, Şâmil (1983). Trabzon ve çevresinin tarihi eserleri. Er Ofset Matbaacılık. p. 79.
  8. ↑ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 190.

Sources

  • 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.
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