Hüsnüşah Hatun

Hüsnüşah Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: حسنی شاہ خاتون‎; died c. 1513), was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Hüsnüşah Hatun
BornKaramanid Principality
Diedc. 1513
Bursa, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Muradiye Complex, Bursa
SpouseBayezid II
IssueŞehzade Şehinşah
Sultanzade Hatun
FatherNasuh Bey
ReligionSunni Islam
The exterior view of Hatuniye Mosque

Family

Hüsnüşah Hatun was the daughter of Nasuh Bey,[1] the maternal grandson of Ibrahim II Bey, ruler of the Karamanids, and the governor of İçil.[2][3] She had two brothers named Pir Ahmed Bey, and Abdülkerim Bey.[4]

Marriage

Hüsnüşah married Bayezid when he was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya sanjak. She gave birth to two children, a son, Şehzade Şehinşah in 1461,[1] and a daughter, Sultanzade Hatun.[5][6]

According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. In 1481 Şehinşah, was sent to Manisa sanjak, and then in 1485 to Karaman, and Hüsnüşah accompanied him. She built and endowed a mosque in 1490,[7][5][1][8] and Kurşunlu Han in 1497 at Manisa.[9] She also made several endowments in memory of her ancestors.[10]

After Şehzade Şehinşah's exexution in 1511, Hüsnüşah in a letter reported that she had been rendered crazy following his execution, defended his innocence, and requested that a mausoleum be built in his memory.[11] She also corresponded with Selim I, Şehinşah's victorious brother, on behalf of Mevlana Pir Ahmed Çelebi, a scholar who had been at Şehinşah's court and who was neglected when the members of the prince's household were assigned new posts.[12]

Death

Hüsnüşah Hatun died at Bursa in 1513, and was buried in Muradiye Complex.[1][6][5][13]

References
  1. Uluçay, M. Çağatay. BAYAZID II. IN ÂILESI. pp. 108, 109, 116–17.
  2. Kılınç, Emin. Klâsik Osmanlı Eğitim Kurumlarından Konya Dârü’l-Huffâzları ( XVII. Yüzyıl). p. 35.
  3. Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 313 n. 82.
  4. Konyalı, Ibrahim Hakkı (2007). Konya Tarihi. pp. 171–72.
  5. Uluçay 2011, p. 46.
  6. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 188.
  7. Peirce 1993, p. 52-53.
  8. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 188-89.
  9. Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 73.
  10. Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 55 n. 25.
  11. Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 314 n. 87.
  12. Peirce 1993, p. 50.
  13. Raif Kaplanoğlu (1998). Bursalı şair, yazar, ve ünlüler ansiklopedisi. Avrasya Etnografya Vakfı. p. 212.

Sources
  • M. Çağatay Uluçay (1985). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Türk Tarih Kurumu.
  • Necdet Sakaoğlu (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  • Leslie P. Peirce (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
  • Al-Tikriti, Nabil Sirri (2004). Şehzade Korkud (ca. 1468-1513) and the Articulation of Early 16th Century Ottoman Religious Identity – Volume 1 and 2.
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