Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan
Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عایشه ھماشاہ سلطان c. 1542 – c. 1595) was an Ottoman princess, the only daughter of Mihrimah Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Rüstem Pasha (Grand Vizier 1544–53, 1555–61). She was granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566) and his favorite consort and legal wife, Hurrem Sultan.
| Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan | |||||
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| Born | c. 1542 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Died | c. 1595 (aged 52–53) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Spouse | Şemsi Ahmet Pasha Nisançi Feridun Pasha | ||||
| Issue | Mehmed Bey Mahmud Pasha Osman Bey Mustafa Pasha Saliha Sultan Safiye Sultan | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Rüstem Pasha | ||||
| Mother | Mihrimah Sultan | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Biography
She was born in Istanbul in 1542, she was her parents' first child and only daughter, and possibly her grandparents' first grandchild as well. She had several brothers, whose number and names are though contested. Like her cousin Hüma Şah Sultan, she was reportedly beloved by their grandfather. Around 1557 she married Şemsi Ahmet Pasha future Grand vizier, and with him had at least eight children. She was also the grandmother of Semiz Mehmed Pasha.
Ayşe Hümaşah was politically active, being the wife of a Grand Vizier and the daughter of the greatest princess, Mihrimah Sultan. She was also her mother's only heir, and not only did she inherit her vast wealth (including 5 palaces) but her pious foundations as well, which were then transmitted to her sons, per Mihrimah's will. Probably following her mother's path, she was close to Safiye Sultan during the reign of Murad III.
Şemsi Ahmet Pasha died in 1580 and Ayşe Hümaşah on 6 April 1582, married Ahmed Ferîdûn Pasha inside the Ibrahim Paşa Palace, but the marriage lasted only 11 months because the pasha died on 16 March 1583.
Ayşe Hümaşah died in 1595 and was buried in the complex Şeyh ‘Azîz Mahmûd Hüdâyî Efendi, in Üsküdar, near the mosque of her mother Mihrimah Sultan or buried in Mihrimah Sultan Mosque in Edirnekapi
Issue
Ayşe Hümaşah had four sons and two daughters by her first husband;
- Sultanzade Mahmud Pasha (d. 1602 buried in Mihrimah Sultan Mosque) Sanjak-bey of Kastamonu and Nakhchivan
- Sultanzade Mehmed Bey (d. 1605, buried in Mihrimah Sultan Mosque) sanjak-bey of Herzegovina.
- Sultanzade Mustafa Pasha (d. 1593 buried in Mihrimah Sultan Mosque) sanjak-bey of Klis;
- Sultanzade Osman Bey (d. 1598 buried in Mihrimah Sultan Mosque) Sanjak-bey of Karahisar. He was the father of Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha
- Saliha Hanım Sultan (d. 1576 buried in Mihrimah Sultan Mosque) She married in 1574 to Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha; She had one son and one daughter.
- Safiye Hanım Sultsn (buried in Mihrimah Sultan Mosque) She married Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha in 1577 after the death of his sister. She had two son and one daughter.
References
- Hammer, Joseph von. Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches. — Pest: C. A. Hartleben’s Verlag, 1829. — Т. 4. — С. 102.
- Necipoğlu, Gülru. The Age of Sinan. Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire. — London: Reaktion Books, 2005. — С. 317.
- Benzoni, Gino. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani / ed. Alberto M. Ghisalberti. — Rom: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1981. — Т. 25.