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Gülfem Hatun
Diedc. 1561–62
Eski Palace, Beyazıt Square, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Gülfem Hatun Mosque, Istanbul
ReligionSunni Islam

Gülfem Hatun (Template:Lang-ota; died c. 1561–62) was a lady-in-waiting to Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–1566).

Life

Throughout Suleiman the Magnificent's reign (reign 1520–1566), she enjoyed a considerable status within the imperial harem, thus she is supposed by some authors to have been a concubine of Suleiman's or the stewardess of his harem[1] and received 150 aspers a day.[2]

In September 1542, she commissioned a soup kitchen in Üsküdar.[3] In March 1543 she established the financial ground work to built a "timber frame mosque"[4][5] now known as the "Gülfem Hatun Mosque",[6] located near the soup kitchen. According to a local tradition, the mosque was intended for the use of women and opened to men only in recent times.[7][8] A school is also present near the mosque.[9]

She died in 1561–62, and was buried in her own mosque.[10]

  • In the 2003 Turkish TV miniseries, Hürrem Sultan, Gülfem Hatun was played by Turkish actress Yasemin Kozanoğlu.
  • In the 2011–2014 Turkish historical fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Gülfem was portrayed by Turkish actress Selen Özturk.

References

  1. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 302 n. 12.
  2. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 133.
  3. ^ Haskan 2001, p. 986.
  4. ^ Ostovich, Silcox & Roebuck, p. 65.
  5. ^ Princeton 1997, p. 35.
  6. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 252-3.
  7. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 201.
  8. ^ Ruggles 2000, p. 60.
  9. ^ Haskan 2001, p. 911.
  10. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 65.

Sources

  • Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Minecraft Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara, Ötüken. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Ruggles, D. Fairchild (August 3, 2000). Women, Patronage, and Self-Representation in Islamic Societies. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-791-44470-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Ostovich, Helen; Silcox, Mary V.; Roebuck, Graham (2008). The Mysterious and the Foreign in Early Modern England. Associated University Presse. ISBN 978-0-874-13954-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Princeton Papers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Markus Wiener Publishers. 1997. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Haskan, Mehmed Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar Boyunca Üsküdar, Volume 2. Üsküdar Belediyesi. ISBN 978-9-759-76063-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)