Ayşe Sultan (Haseki of Osman II)
| Ayşe (A’ishā) Hātûn or Sultan عایشه خاتون | |
|---|---|
 The burial place of "A’ishā (Ayşe) Hātûn" is located inside Eyüp Cemetery, Istanbul | |
| Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | |
| Tenure | January 1620 – 20 May 1622 |
| Predecessor | Kösem Sultan |
| Successor | Ayşe Sultan |
| Born | A’ishā (Ayşe) |
| Died | after 1640 |
| Spouse | Ottoman Sultan Osman II |
| Religion | Islam |
Ayşe Hatun or Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عایشه خاتون, ? - after 1640) was the Haseki of Sultan Osman II of the Ottoman Empire.[1][2][3]
Biography
Her name appears in privy purse registers from 1619 on,[4] but nothing is known about her except her name.[3][1]
According to Peirce, Ayşe was Osman's haseki sultan. But according to Piterberg, Osman II did not have haseki and Ayşe just "a politically insignificant consort." Even though her status was debatable, but it is clear that Ayşe could not became prominent female figure like other haseki sultans. Also, a governess (daye hatun, lit. wet-nurse) who was appointed as a stand-in valide, could not counterbalance the contriving of Mustafa I's mother in the Old Palace. This condition made the conspious absence of a female power basis in the harem during her spouse's reign, the basic and exceptional weakness from which Osman II suffered.[5]
After Osman's death in 1622 she stayed in the imperial palace. Privy Purse records her presence lastly in 1640.[4][6][page needed]
See also
Bibliography
- Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
- Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları. Ötüken Neşriyat.
References
- ^ a b Peirce 1993, p. 106.
- ^ Gabriel Piterberg (2003). An Ottoman Tragedy: History and Historiography at Play. University of California Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0-520-93005-6.
- ^ a b Uluçay 2011, p. 88.
- ^ a b Peirce 1993, p. 311.
- ^ Piterberg, Gabriel (2003). An Ottoman Tragedy: History and Historiography at Play. California: University of California Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-520-23836-2.
- ^ Ahmed Akgündüz, Said Öztürk (2011). Ottoman History: Misperceptions and Truths. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-9-090-26108-9.
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