Fatma Sultan (daughter of Selim II)

Fatma Sultan
فاطمہ سلطان
Born 1559
Karaman Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
(modern-day Turkey)
Died October 1580 (aged 20–21)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial Selim II Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque
Spouse Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha
Issue Sultanzade Sinan Bey
two other sons
a daughter
Dynasty Ottoman
Father Selim II
Mother Nurbanu Sultan (possibly)
Religion Islam

Fatma Sultan (1559–1580; Ottoman Turkish: فاطمہ سلطان) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim II (reign 1566–74) of the Ottoman Empire. She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–66) and Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–95) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595–1603).

Life

Fatma was born in 1559,[1][2][3] during Selim's princedom, at Konya or Karaman where he served as sanjakbey, or provincial governor, at the time.[4] Her mother's identity is uncertain; it is suggested that she was the fourth daughter of Nurbanu Sultan,[3][5] however the claim remains disputed.[1]

She was married, in 1574, [5] to Damat Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (d. 1602) Governor of Rumelia, Grand Vizier 1582–1584, 1586–1589, 1592–1593. The marriage was happy, as indicated by the fact that she pleaded with her brother Murad to spare the Pasha's life when at some point the latter fell out of favour.[6] She bore her husband three sons and a daughter.[7]

Death

Fatma Sultan died in October 1580[8] at Constantinople ,in childbirth, as a result of her daughter being born prematurely; the latter reportedly died too.[5][7] She was buried in her father Sultan Selim II's mausoleum in Hagia Sophia Mosque.[8] Her spouse named after her a madrasah, or religious college, he had built in around 1590–1591.

References

  1. 1 2 Peirce 1993, p. 92.
  2. ↑ Tezcan, Baki (2001). Searching For Osman: A Reassessment Of The Deposition Of Ottoman Sultan Osman II (1618–1622). unpublished Ph.D. thesis. pp. 327 n. 16.
  3. 1 2 Freely 1999.
  4. ↑ Tezcan 2010, p. 97.
  5. 1 2 3 Uluçay 1985, p. 43.
  6. ↑ Goodwin 2006.
  7. 1 2 Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 202.
  8. 1 2 Tezcan 2001, p. 327 n.16.

Sources

  • 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.
  • Freely, John (1999). Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul. Viking. ISBN 978-0-14-027056-3.
  • Tezcan, Baki (2001). Searching For Osman: A Reassessment Of The Deposition Of Ottoman Sultan Osman II (1618–1622). unpublished Ph.D. thesis. pp. 327 n. 16.
  • Tezcan, Baki (November 2010). The Second Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Transformation in the Early Modern World. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-51949-6.
  • Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (1985). Padışahların kadınları ve kızları. Türk Tarihi Kurumu Yayınları.
  • Goodwin, Godfrey (27 January 2006). Private World of the Ottoman Women. London: Saqi Books. ISBN 978-0-86356-745-2.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 303. ISBN 978-975-329-623-6.


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