Hümaşah Sultan (wife of Ibrahim)
| Hümaşah Sultan ھما شاہ سلطان | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | |||||
| Tenure | until 12 August 1648 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ayşe Sultan | ||||
| Successor | Rabia Gülnuş Sultan | ||||
| Co-Haseki | Turhan Hatice Saliha Dilaşub Hatice Muazzez Ayşe Mahenver Șivekar Saçbağli | ||||
| Born | c. 1634 Caucasus | ||||
| Died | c. 1672 Edirne, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Sehzade Orhan | ||||
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| House | House of Osman (by marriage) | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Hümaşah (Hûmâ Shâh) Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ھما شاہ سلطان, c. 1634 - c. 1672,[1] other names Telli, Şah) was the last wife of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim.[2][3]
Biography
In December of 1642 Ibrahim married her, which was celebrated in a magnificent ceremony.[4] After her marriage to Ibrahim she became known as Telli Hatun because of the silver and gold threads (tels) that are traditionally used to adorn a bride's hair.[4][5] Sultan Ibrahim's marriage to Hüma Şah Sultan was described by the historian Mustafa Naima:
In accordance with imperial command, the viziers of the imperial council each gave the gift of moon faced slave girl bedecked with jewels. Then they escorted (the bride) in a well ordered procession from the gardens of Davud pasha to the imperial palace. The ceremony was performed by the chief black eunuch acting as proxy for the bride and the grand vizier for the sultan. Robes of honour were bestowed on the viziers and the ulema and others received honours according to custom.[4]
After marrying her, Ibrahim gave her the treasury of Egypt as dowry and ordered the palace of Ibrahim Pasha to be carpeted in sable furs and given to her.[6] In October 1648, she gave birth a son, Şehzade Orhan, who died in January 1650 aged 14 months.
Ibrahim subjected his sisters, Kösem's daughters Ayşe, Fatma and Hanzade, and his niece Kaya Sultan to the indignity of subordination of his concubines. He took away their lands and jewels, and made them serve Hüma Şah, by standing at attention like servants while she ate and by fetching and holding the soap, basin and the pitcher of water with which she washed her hands.[7] She died in 1672.
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
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Consorts Of Ottoman Sultans (in Turkish)". Ottoman Web Page.
- ^ Anthony Dolphin Alerson (1956). The Structure of the Ottoman Dynasty. Clarendon Press.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Börekçi, p.263.
- ^ "Gökbilgin, Ibrāhīm.
- ^ Leslie P. Peirce (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.