Ferahşad Hatun

Ferahşad Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: فرخشاد خاتون‎, also known as Muhtereme Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: محترمہ خاتون‎),[1] was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Ferahşad Hatun
DiedBursa, Ottoman Empire
(present day Bursa, Turkey)
Burial
Muradiye Complex, Bursa
SpouseBayezid II
IssueŞehzade Mehmed
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

Ferahşad married Bayezid, and gave birth to Şehzade Mehmed on 9 August 1487. Contemporary historian Kemalpaşazade commented on his birth, by stating that he was a "substitute" (bedel) for his recently deceased half-brother, Şehzade Abdullah.[2]

According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. Mehmed was sent to Kefe in 1490,[2] and Ferahşad accompanied him.[3][4]

Follwing Mehmed's death in December 1504,[2] she retired to Bursa. In retirement she made endowments in Silivri,[5] and Istanbul.[6][7] She was buried in Muradiye Complex, Bursa.[1]

Issue

Together with Bayezid, Ferahşad had one son:

References
  1. Raif Kaplanoğlu (1998). Bursalı şair, yazar, ve ünlüler ansiklopedisi. Avrasya Etnografya Vakfı. p. 212.
  2. Al-Tikriti, Nabil Sirri (2004). Şehzade Korkud (ca. 1468-1513) and the Articulation of Early 16th Century Ottoman Religious Identity – Volume 1 and 2. pp. 59 n. 40, 321, 322.
  3. M. Çağatay Uluçay (1985). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Türk Tarih Kurumu. p. 46.
  4. Necdet Sakaoğlu (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 191. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  5. Gökbilgin, M. Tayyib (1952). XV-XVI. asırlarda Edirne ve Paşa Livası: vakıflar, mülkler, mukataalar. Üçler Basımevi. p. 376.
  6. Barkan, Ömer Lûtfi (1970). İstanbul vakıfları tahrîr defteri: 953 (1546) târîhli. Baha Matbaası. pp. 146–7.
  7. Canatar, Mehmet (2004). İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri: 1009 (1600) Tarihli. İstanbul Fetih Cemiyeti Yayınları. pp. 220–21.
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