Ferahşad Hatun
Farāh-Şâd (Ferahşad) Khātûn فرح شاد خاتون | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ferahşad c. 1460 |
| Died | c. 1530 |
| Spouse | Bayezid II |
| Children | Şehzade Mehmed of Bayezid |
| Parent | Muhammad[1] (Governor of Kafa) Sanjak-bey |
Ferahşad Hatun (c. 1460 - c. 1530,[1] other names Muhterem) was the seventh wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II and the mother of Şehzade Mehmed of the Ottoman Empire.[2]
Biography
Ferahşad Hatun was born in 1460 to a Sanjak-bey, Mehmed Bey.[1][3][4] When Bayezid was still a şehzade ("Ottoman prince") and the governor of Amasya sanjak when she gave birth to her only son Şehzade Mehmed in 1476.[1]
When Mehmed the Conqueror died in 1481, Bayezid moved to Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, along with his family to ascend the throne.[1] According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors (Sanjak-bey) as a part of their training.[5]
Mehmed, was sent to Kefe sanjak and Ferahşad accompanied him. He was the only of Bayezid's sons who was sent to Kefe.[5] Mothers of princes were responsible for the proper behaviour of their sons in their provincial posts.[5]
In 1504 her husband, Bayezid II solicited the hand of Ayesha Begum, the daughter of Meñli I Giray, for their son Mehmed. Soon after her first husband's death, in 1511, the Crimean princess entered the harem of her husband's brother, the future Sultan Selim I, when he was the governor of Amasya, thus securing for him, in the person of her powerful father, a valuable ally in the prince's struggle for the throne.[6][7]
After the death of Şehzade Mehmed in 1507, Ferahşad came to Istanbul along wither her sisters and daughters where she loved until her death in 1530. She is known to have made endowments in Silivri, Istanbul[5]
See also
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman family tree
- Ottoman dynasty
- Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
- Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)
- List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans
Further reading
- Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
- Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).
References
- ^ a b c d e "Turkey: The Imperial House of Osman - 4". web.archive.org. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ Ahmed Akgündüz, Said Öztürk (2011). Ottoman History: Misperceptions and Truths. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-9-090-26108-9.
- ^ "Consorts Of Ottoman Sultans (in Turkish)". Ottoman Web Page.
- ^ Anthony Dolphin Alerson (1956). The Structure of the Ottoman Dynasty. Clarendon Press.
- ^ a b c d Leslie P. Peirce (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
- ^ Gillian Long, Uradyn Erden Bulag, Michael Gervers (2005). History and society in central and inner Asia: papers presented at the Central and Inner Asia Seminar, University of Toronto, 16-17 April 2004. Asian Institute, University of Toronto. ISBN 978-0-772-77601-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Elena Vladimirovna Boĭkova, R. B. Rybakov, Kinship in the Altaic World: Proceedings of the 48th Permanent International Altaistic Conference, Moscow 10-15 July, 2005, pg.341