Canfeda Hatun: Difference between revisions
Hatun is not a last name, it means "lady", you can't refer to her by only this name |
|||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
==Early life== |
==Early life== |
||
Of [[Circassians|Circassian]] origin,{{sfn|Inventory|2003|p=217}} Canfeda Hatun was the sister of Divane Ibrahim Pasha.{{sfn|Fleischer|2p14|p=72}}{{sfn|Tezcan|2010|p=107}} Hatun was an ally of [[Nurbanu Sultan]], who brought her from the Old Palace{{sfn|Peirce|1993|p=131}} and under whom she was responsible for training the women of the imperial harem. She had also been an ally of Ghazanfer Agha, the Agha of the imperial harem{{sfn|Fleischer|2014|p=72}} and of Grand Vizier [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha]]'s rival [[Lala Mustafa Pasha]].{{sfn|Fetvacı|2013|p=103}}{{sfn|Fleischer|2014|p=73}} At her deathbed, Nurbanu insisted in front of her daughter-in-law [[Safiye Sultan]] and son that the position of Canfeda be kept in the royal harem.{{sfn|Peirce|1993|p=131-2}} After Nurbanu's death in 1583, Hatun assumed control of the harem.{{sfn|Fleischer|2014|p=72}} |
Of [[Circassians|Circassian]] origin,{{sfn|Inventory|2003|p=217}} Canfeda Hatun was the sister of Divane Ibrahim Pasha.{{sfn|Fleischer|2p14|p=72}}{{sfn|Tezcan|2010|p=107}} Canfeda Hatun was an ally of [[Nurbanu Sultan]], who brought her from the Old Palace{{sfn|Peirce|1993|p=131}} and under whom she was responsible for training the women of the imperial harem. She had also been an ally of Ghazanfer Agha, the Agha of the imperial harem{{sfn|Fleischer|2014|p=72}} and of Grand Vizier [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha]]'s rival [[Lala Mustafa Pasha]].{{sfn|Fetvacı|2013|p=103}}{{sfn|Fleischer|2014|p=73}} At her deathbed, Nurbanu insisted in front of her daughter-in-law [[Safiye Sultan]] and son that the position of Canfeda be kept in the royal harem.{{sfn|Peirce|1993|p=131-2}} After Nurbanu's death in 1583, Canfeda Hatun assumed control of the harem.{{sfn|Fleischer|2014|p=72}} |
||
Canfeda Hatun, Mistress of Financial Affairs [[Raziye Hatun]], the poet [[Hubbi Hatun]], and other musahibes (favourites) of Murad III appear to have been very powerful and influential during his reign.{{sfn|Fabris|Bombaci|2010|p=26}}{{sfn|Petruccioli|1997|p=50}} She managed to win the trust of her former adversary, and even to increase her influence on the palace affairs under her protection. As a clever intrigue Canfeda used her nearness to the women of the dynasty to receive bribes and expensive gifts. She gathered extraordinary wealth and this earned her the animosity of part of the high administration and the commandment of the janissary corps. In 1593, during one of the janissary mutinies caused by a delay in the payment of the salaries, the discontented soldiers demanded the heads of the Grand Vezir, the head defterdar, and the loathsome Canfeda. Only with great efforts did Murad manage to calm down the mutineers and save the lives of his associates.{{sfn|Inventory|2003|p=217}} |
Canfeda Hatun, Mistress of Financial Affairs [[Raziye Hatun]], the poet [[Hubbi Hatun]], and other musahibes (favourites) of Murad III appear to have been very powerful and influential during his reign.{{sfn|Fabris|Bombaci|2010|p=26}}{{sfn|Petruccioli|1997|p=50}} She managed to win the trust of her former adversary, and even to increase her influence on the palace affairs under her protection. As a clever intrigue Canfeda used her nearness to the women of the dynasty to receive bribes and expensive gifts. She gathered extraordinary wealth and this earned her the animosity of part of the high administration and the commandment of the janissary corps. In 1593, during one of the janissary mutinies caused by a delay in the payment of the salaries, the discontented soldiers demanded the heads of the Grand Vezir, the head defterdar, and the loathsome Canfeda. Only with great efforts did Murad manage to calm down the mutineers and save the lives of his associates.{{sfn|Inventory|2003|p=217}} |
||
Revision as of 05:31, 23 April 2017
 | This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling. (March 2017) |
Canfeda Hatun (Template:Lang-ota; died 1600; alias Saliha) was the mistress housekeeper (kedbanu-yi harem, Kethüde Hatun, Kahya Kadın) of the Imperial Harem during the reign of Murad III of the Ottoman Empire.
Early life
Of Circassian origin,[1] Canfeda Hatun was the sister of Divane Ibrahim Pasha.[2][3] Canfeda Hatun was an ally of Nurbanu Sultan, who brought her from the Old Palace[4] and under whom she was responsible for training the women of the imperial harem. She had also been an ally of Ghazanfer Agha, the Agha of the imperial harem[5] and of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha's rival Lala Mustafa Pasha.[6][7] At her deathbed, Nurbanu insisted in front of her daughter-in-law Safiye Sultan and son that the position of Canfeda be kept in the royal harem.[8] After Nurbanu's death in 1583, Canfeda Hatun assumed control of the harem.[5]
Canfeda Hatun, Mistress of Financial Affairs Raziye Hatun, the poet Hubbi Hatun, and other musahibes (favourites) of Murad III appear to have been very powerful and influential during his reign.[9][10] She managed to win the trust of her former adversary, and even to increase her influence on the palace affairs under her protection. As a clever intrigue Canfeda used her nearness to the women of the dynasty to receive bribes and expensive gifts. She gathered extraordinary wealth and this earned her the animosity of part of the high administration and the commandment of the janissary corps. In 1593, during one of the janissary mutinies caused by a delay in the payment of the salaries, the discontented soldiers demanded the heads of the Grand Vezir, the head defterdar, and the loathsome Canfeda. Only with great efforts did Murad manage to calm down the mutineers and save the lives of his associates.[1]
Charities
Canfeda dedicated part of her huge wealth to her charitable foundation, whose revenues were used for the construction and maintenance of a mosque and a fountain in the imperial capital, Istanbul, in 1584 at an estimated cost of two million espers.[11] The mosque was built in the neighborhood of Sarachne near the customs office, with a primary school, a public drinking fountain and water pump. In 1593, Canfeda also built another mosque and a public bath in a village in the Beykoz village of Akbaba. She also received permission from the Sultan to repair and enlarge a water transport system originally constructed by Sultan Bayezid II in order to bring water to her Istanbul mosque and the nearby bath built by Gedik Ahmed Pasha.[12] In retirement, Canfeda's stipend was 100 aspers a day, but when this amount proved to be insufficient for the public works she wished to undertake, it was doubled. Her mosques were built after Nurbanu's death suggesting her high status.[13] A garden in Fındıklı belonged to Canfeda.[10]
Last years and death
After Murad's death in 1595, Canfeda and the rest of Murad's harem were sent to the Old Palace.[1] Canfeda died in 1600.[14]
In popular culture
In the 2011-2014 TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Canfeda Hatun is portrayed by Turkish actress Kübra Kip.
References
- ^ a b c Inventory 2003, p. 217.
- ^ Fleischer & 2p14, p. 72.
- ^ Tezcan 2010, p. 107.
- ^ Peirce 1993, p. 131.
- ^ a b Fleischer 2014, p. 72.
- ^ Fetvacı 2013, p. 103.
- ^ Fleischer 2014, p. 73.
- ^ Peirce 1993, p. 131-2.
- ^ Fabris & Bombaci 2010, p. 26.
- ^ a b Petruccioli 1997, p. 50.
- ^ Inventory 2003, p. 218.
- ^ Peirce 1993, p. 316.
- ^ Peirce 1993, p. 132.
- ^ Gövsa 1945, p. 78.
Sources
- Fleischer, Cornell H. (2014). Bureaucrat and Intellectual in the Ottoman Empire: The Historian Mustafa Ali (1541-1600). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-400-85421-9.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. Orientalski otdel, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture (2003). Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library:Registers. Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Fetvacı, Emine (2013). Picturing History at the Ottoman Court. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00678-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Tezcan, Baki (2013). The Second Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Transformation in the Early Modern World. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-51949-6.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Fabris, Maria Pia Pedani; Bombaci, Alessio (2010). Inventory of the Lettere E Scritture Turchesche in the Venetian State Archives. BRILL. ISBN 978-9-004-17918-9.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Gövsa, İbrahim Alâettin (1945). Türk meşhurları ansiklopedisi: edebiyatta, sanatta, ilimde, harpte, politika ürk meşhurları ansiklopedisi: edebiyatta, sanatta, ilimde, harpte, politikada ve her sahada şöhret kazanmış olan Türklerin hayatları eserleri. Yedigün.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Petruccioli, Attilio (1997). Gardens in the Time of the Great Muslim Empires: Theory and Design. E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-9-004-10723-6.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Thys-Şenocak, Lucienne (2006). Ottoman Women Builders: The Architectural Patronage of Hadice Turhan Sultan. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-754-63310-5.