Mal Hatun

Mal Hatun († 1323 ?; Also Malhun Hatun , Mala Hatun , Mâl Hatun or Bala Hatun ) was the wife of Osman I , the founder of the Ottoman Empire . She was the mother of the next Ottoman ruler Orhan I.

Mal Hatun is often described as the daughter of Sheikh Edebali, the head of the Vefaiyye Order, while Orhan Gazi's foundation charter (Vakfiye) of 1324 lists her as the daughter of Ömer Bey.

Representation in the literature

Mal Hatun is portrayed in the novel Malchatun by Johannes Tralow as a clever, self-confident and influential person.

Individual evidence

^ Heath W. Lowry: The Nature of the Early Ottoman State , State University of New York Press, 2003, p. 153.
↑ J. Leunclavius : Neuwer Musulmanischer Histori, Türckischer Nation… 3 books… Extracted from their own histories , Verlag Wechels Erben, 1590, p. 59ff.
^ Heath W. Lowry: The Nature of the Early Ottoman State , State University of New York Press, 2003, p. 73.

personal data
SURNAME	Mal Hatun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Malhun Hatun; Mala Hatun; Mâl Hatun; Bala Hatun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Wife of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1323
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: 1323

[1] Heath W. Lowry: The Nature of the Early Ottoman State , State University of New York Press, 2003, p. 153.

[LwKl-2] J. Leunclavius : Neuwer Musulmanischer Histori, Türckischer Nation… 3 books… Extracted from their own histories , Verlag Wechels Erben, 1590, p. 59ff.

[3] Heath W. Lowry: The Nature of the Early Ottoman State , State University of New York Press, 2003, p. 73.