Fatma Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: فاطمہ سلطان, "one who abstains"; ante 1494 – c. 1566) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Selim I and Hafsa Sultan, and the sister of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
| Fatma Sultan | |
|---|---|
| Born | ante 1494 Trabzon, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | c. 1566 Bursa, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial | Kara Ahmed Pasha Türbe |
| Spouse |
Mustafa Pasha
(m. 1516; div. 1520) |
| Issue | Second marriage Two daughters (?) |
| Dynasty | Ottoman |
| Father | Selim I |
| Mother | Hafsa Sultan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Biography
editShe was first married in 1516 to Mustafa Pasha, governor of Antakya; however they divorced when it turned out that he was homosexual and had no interest in her. In a letter written to her father, she expresses her distress. She complains that her husband's open display of homosexual tendencies deeply offends her, saying, "My royal padishah, I have not smiled for one day, for one hour since my coming here one year ago... I am going mad as if I were a widow. My royal sultan, my dearest dad, my state cannot be expressed with a pen".[1][2]
Then, she married in 1522 to Kara Ahmed Pasha, who was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1553 and 1555, and maybe they had two daughters. After his execution, she went to live in Bursa or, according to other sources, was forcibly married in 1562 to Hadim Ibrahim Pasha, presumably as a punishment for her intrigues. However, it turned out to be the happiest of all her marriages.[3][4][5]
Fatma commissioned a mosque in Topkapı, near the mosque of her husband Ahmed Pasha,[5] where she is buried when she died, around 1566.[6] In 1575 Murad III build the "Fatma Sultan Mosque" in honor of his great-aunt.
Depictions in literature and popular culture
editIn the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Fatma Sultan is played by Turkish actress Meltem Cumbul.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Peirce 1993, p. 304.
- ^ Türe, D.F.; Türe, F. (2011). Women’s Memory: The Problem of Sources. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-4438-3265-6.
- ^ Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The imperial harem : women and sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. New York. ISBN 0-19-507673-7. OCLC 27811454.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mülayim, S.; Akşit, İ. (2005). Turkish Art and Architecture in Anatolia & Mimar Sinan. Akşit. p. 94. ISBN 978-975-7039-22-8.
- ^ a b Ayvansarayî, H.H.; Crane, H. (2000). The Garden of the Mosques: Hafiz Hüseyin Al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul. Brill Book Archive Part 1. Brill. p. 175. ISBN 978-90-04-11242-1.
- ^ Ayvansarayî, H.H.; Erzi, İ. (1987). Camilerimiz ansiklopedisi. Camilerimiz ansiklopedisi. Tercüman. p. 196.
Further reading
edit- Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1992). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken.