Ayşe Hafsa Sultan

Hafsa Sultan (* around 1479 ; † March 19, 1534 in Istanbul ) was the mother ( Valide Sultan ) of the Ottoman Sultan Suleyman I. From 1520 until her death, she was considered the most influential woman in the Ottoman Empire .

Life

The exact date of birth as well as the origin of Hafsa are unknown. It is also unknown when she got into the harem of Prince Selim , who had resided as governor in Trabzon since 1487 . She gave birth to her son Suleyman in Trabzon in 1494 . In 1509 she left Trabzon with her son for Kefe , where the prince assumed his first governorship. In 1513 - after Selim I ascended to the throne (1512) - she accompanied her son to Manisa , the administrative center of the "Prince Sandjak" Saruhan. After the death of Selim I and the accession to the throne of Suleyman I (1520) Hafsa Sultan came to Istanbul and lived there until her death on March 19, 1534. She was in oneMausoleum buried behind the Qibla wall of the Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque in Fatih . The mausoleum was largely destroyed in an earthquake in 1884 and rebuilt in a simplified manner at the beginning of the 20th century.

Hafsa Sultan was the first concubine to bear the title Sultan after her first name, which replaced the name Hatun .

children

Suleyman I (1494–1566)
Hatice Sultan (1496-1538)
Beyhan Sultan (1498-1560)
Fatma Sultan (1500-1570)
Hafsa Sultan (1500-1548)

Individual evidence

↑ See Ali Haydar Bayat: Hafsa Sultan. In: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 15, Istanbul 1997, p. 122 f., Here: p. 122 ( PDF file; 1.7 MB ).
^ Ali Haydar Bayat: Hafsa Sultan. In: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 15, Istanbul 1997, p. 122 f., Here: p. 122 ( PDF file; 1.7 MB ); Feridun Emecen: Süleyman I. In: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 38, Istanbul 2010, pp. 62–74, here: p. 62 ( PDF file; 12.2 MB ).
↑ See Leslie P. Peirce: The Imperial Harem. Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press, New York a. a. 1993, ISBN 0-19-507673-7 , p. 297.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hafsa Sultan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mother of the Ottoman Sultan Suleyman I.
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1479
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1534
Place of death	Istanbul

[1] See Ali Haydar Bayat: Hafsa Sultan. In: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 15, Istanbul 1997, p. 122 f., Here: p. 122 ( PDF file; 1.7 MB ).

[2] Ali Haydar Bayat: Hafsa Sultan. In: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 15, Istanbul 1997, p. 122 f., Here: p. 122 ( PDF file; 1.7 MB ); Feridun Emecen: Süleyman I. In: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 38, Istanbul 2010, pp. 62–74, here: p. 62 ( PDF file; 12.2 MB ).

[3] See Leslie P. Peirce: The Imperial Harem. Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press, New York a. a. 1993, ISBN 0-19-507673-7 , p. 297.