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Not to be confused with Şehzade Bayezid.
Şehzade Bayezid
BornNovember 1612
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(modern day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died27 July 1635 (23 or 22 years old) [1]
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Ahmed I Mausoleum, Sultan Ahmed Mosque
FatherAhmed I
ReligionSunni Islam

Şehzade Bayezid was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Ahmed I.

Life

He was born to Ahmed I. He may have been the theorized second child of Mahfiruz Hatun, already mother of Osman II, or he may have been the son of an unknown concubine. He was a few months younger than his half-brother Şehzade Murad (future sultan Murad IV). When Ahmed died on 22 November 1617, he was placed in the Kafes with his half brothers Mehmed, Murad, Suleiman, Kasim and Ibrahim in unknown period during the reign of his uncle sultan Mustafa I and Osman II. After Mustafa was deposed and replaced by Osman, his half-brother Mehmed was executed under the orders of Osman one year before being Osman was murdered by his enemies that brought Mustafa once again in the throne. After Mustafa was deposed for a second time, Bayezid's half-brother Murad was placed in the throne before him due to been older a few months. However, on 27 July 1635, he was executed along his brother Suleiman. The orders were carried out by Murad, because he had reason to believe that the Janissaries were about to rebel to overthrow him.

Death

He was murdered under the orders of Murad, on 27 July 1635, in Topkapı Palace due to some rumors that Murad's enemies wanted Bayezid in throne. He was buried in the Ahmed I Mausoleum, Sultan Ahmed Mosque.[2][3]

  • Jean Racine wrote a play called Bajazet which was based on the life of Şehzade who was preferred on the throne over the existing sultan his brother Murad IV.[4]
  • Şehzade Bayezid is portrayed by Yiğit Uçan In 2015 Turkish historical non-fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem.[5] In the series he is the son of a fictional concubine named Gülbahar Sultan,[6] and his death does not match the historical one, although he is still executed by Murad IV.

References

  1. ^ Türkischer Biographischer Index. 10 November 2011. ISBN 9783110965773.
  2. ^ Şefika Şule Erçetin (28 November 2016). Women Leaders in Chaotic Environments: Examinations of Leadership Using Complexity Theory. Springer. p. 77. ISBN 978-3-319-44758-2.
  3. ^ Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay (2011). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları. Ötüken, Ankara. p. 78. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  4. ^ "Bajazet | play by Racine".
  5. ^ Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (TV Series 2015–2017), Yiğit Uçan: Sehzade Bayezid
  6. ^ In the series, all concubines who gave a child to a Sultan or to a Şehzade are entitled "Sultan". In historical reality, the title was reserved for Haseki Sultan, who for Ahmed was only Kösem Sultan. The other concubines were simply entitled "Hatun" (Woman, Mistress or lady).
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