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Hümaşah Sultan
Born1543
Manisa, Ottoman Empire (present day Manisa, Turkey)
DiedConstantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Şehzade Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
Ferhad Pasha
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(m. 1566; died 1575)​

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(m. 1575; died 1580)​

Gazi Mehmed Pasha
Issuesee below
DynastyOttoman
FatherŞehzade Mehmed
ReligionSunni Islam

Hümaşah Sultan[a] (Template:Lang-ota; born 1543) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed (1521–1543) and the granddaughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire, and his favourite consort and legal wife Hurrem Sultan.

Life

Early years

Hümaşah was born in Manisa in 1543,[1] where her father served as sanjakbey. She was his only child. Following his death in 1543, she was taken under the care of her grandmother and moved to Istanbul.[2]

Like her cousin Ayşe Sultan, she was reportedly beloved by their grandfather, with whom she kept correspondence.[3] Hümaşah, her cousin, and her aunt Mihrimah Sultan would all imitate the communication style ushered in by her grandmother Hurrem, whose letters to the Sultan are known for their colourfulness, charm, and smoothness.[4] She is regarded by historian Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay as amongst the most influential women of Suleiman's reign.[5]

Marriages

Hümaşah married three times. Her first husband was Ferhad Pasha.[6][7][8][9][10] He had previously served as second Kapıcıbaşı. In 1553, he became the Agha of the Janissaries. In 1557-8, he was made the governor of Kastamonu Sanjak, and in 1564, he was made the third vizier.[2] The marriage took place in about 1566/7 in the Old Palace. Rüstem Pasha, the then grand vizier, in compliance with the law, walked on foot to the corner of the Old Palace with a scepter in his hand.[6][7][8]

Their palace was located in the precincts of the Old Palace.[11] The two together had four son and five daughters, including Fatma Sultan[12] and Hatice Sultan.[13] In 1563, she gave her cousin Şehzade Murad (future Sultan Murad III) a concubine that would go on to be Safiye Sultan.[14][15] Hümaşah was widowed at Ferhad's death on 6 February 1575.[2]

On 25 August 1575,[16] six months after the death of Ferhad Pasha, Hümaşah married Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha.[17][15][10] The two together had one son, Sultanzade Abdülbaki Bey.[17] She was widowed at his death on 7 August 1580. After his death, Hümaşah married the governor of Shahrizor Eyalet, Mehmed Pasha, the brother of the grand vizier Damat Ibrahim Pasha. He died in August 1592.[17]

Death

Upon her death, she was buried alongside her father and uncle, Şehzade Cihangir, in Şehzade Mosque.[18] She had a provision made, supported by vakfs, that is, charitable foundations, so that the Quran would be read for the sake of her soul.[19][20]

Issue

The princess' marriage to Ferhad Pasha produced four sons and five daughters, including:

  • Mehmed Bey; [17]
  • Fatma Sultan[12] (1567 - 29 July 1588, buried in Şehzade Mosque) married Mehmed Bey (died 1586) son of Shahrizor Eyalet governor Mustafa Pasha,[21]
  • Hatice Sultan;[17]

With Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, she had one son:

  • Sultanzade Abdülbaki Bey;[17]

Annotations

  1. ^
    According to history professor Leslie P. Peirce, her name was Hüma.[22]

References

  1. ^ Necdet Sakaoğlu (2007). Famous Ottoman Women. Avea. p. 91. ISBN 978-975-7104-77-3.
  2. ^ a b c Allahverdi 2016, p. 2.
  3. ^ Tezcan 2006, p. 31.
  4. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 180.
  5. ^ Uluçay 1956, p. 85.
  6. ^ a b Selânik Mustafa Efendi. "Tarih-i Selâniki". Internet Archive. p. 208. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  7. ^ a b Muammer Yılmaz (2010). Osmanlı'da töre, tören ve alaylar. Türdav. p. 153. ISBN 978-9944-995-47-4.
  8. ^ a b İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı (1984). Osmanlı Devletinin saray teşkilâtı. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. p. 162.
  9. ^ Peçevî, Ibrahim. "Tarih-i Peçevi". Internet Archive. p. 31. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  10. ^ a b Stephan Gerlach (2007). Türkiye günlüğü. Kitap Yayınevi. p. 315. ISBN 978-975-6051-43-6.
  11. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 68.
  12. ^ a b Allahverdi 2016, p. 9.
  13. ^ Allahverdi 2016, p. 13.
  14. ^ Pedani 2000, p. 11.
  15. ^ a b Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 279.
  16. ^ "LALA MUSTAFA PAŞA". TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Allahverdi 2016, p. 3.
  18. ^ Necipoğlu 2005, p. 200.
  19. ^ Allahverdi 2016, p. 1.
  20. ^ Türk ve İslâm Eserleri Müzesi; Massumeh Farhad; François Déroche; Simon Rettig (2016). The Art of the Qurʼan: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. Smithsonian Institution. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-58834-578-3.
  21. ^ Hüseyin Ayvansarayî (2000). The Garden of the Mosques: Hafiz Hüseyin Al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul. Brill. p. 18. ISBN 978-90-04-11242-1.
  22. ^ Peirce 1993, pp. 67, 68, 69.

Sources

  • Allahverdi, Reyhan Şahin (2016). An Orphan Sultan: Foundations of Şehzade Mehmed's Daughter Hümasah Sultan.
  • Necipoğlu, Gülru (2005). The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-253-9.
  • Pedani, M. P. (2000). "Safiye's Household and Venetian Diplomacy". Turcica. 32: 9–32. doi:10.2143/TURC.32.0.460.
  • Peirce, Leslie Penn (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Studies in Middle Eastern History. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507673-8.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  • Tezcan, Hülya (2006). Osmanlı çocukları: şehzadeler ve hanım sultanların yaşlamarı ve giysileri. Istanbul: Aygaz Yayınları. ISBN 978-9-759-83723-5.
  • Uluçay, M.Cağatay (1956). Harem'den mektuplar I. Vakit matbaasi. ISBN 978-9-75-437833-7.
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