Hatice Sultan (daughter of Mehmed IV)

Hatice Sultan was born in 1660 to Mehmed IV and his consort Gülnuş Sultan, she was the eldest child and daughter of her parents. [1][2] She was the sister of Sultans Mustafa II and Ahmed III. She was married at the age of fifteen to Musahip Mustafa Pasha.[3]

Hatice Sultan was married in 1675 to Musahip Mustafa Pasha. On 9 July 1675, the wedding and on the following day her sister Fatma Sultan was married to Kara Mustafa Pasha took place and on the same day her brothers Mustafa and Ahmed were circumcised.[4][5] A complete 20-day wedding celebration took place in Edirne on the account of her wedding.[5][2] The dowry that Mehmed gave to her Hatice Sultan gave for her wedding was amazed by the travelers in Edirne at the time. The dowry of Hatice Sultan was carried by eighty-six mules, and the mules were covered with robe fabrics.[6] There were also many carpets, rugs, beds and table cloths. Apart from decorated porcelain candle holders and gold candlesticks, pearl boots, shoes, slippers and horseshoes, bracelets decorated with precious stones, choker necklaces, earrings, small size binoculars decorated with jewels, stools covered with pearls and jewellery were the most eye-catching dowry. In addition to these, seven chests of sugar chests, eight sugar proxies and two garden models made of sugar were placed in the procession.[6] The wedding held in Edirne, theater-like entertainment was organized and banquets were held.[7] From this marriage two sons were born, Sultanzade Mehmed, Sultanzade Hasan.[8][2][9]

After the death of Musahip Mustafa Pasha in 1686, she was widowed by his death. Her father decided to marry her to Yeğen Osman Pasha, the marriage could only be held if Osman Pasha destroyed the thug in Anatolia. Unfortunately, the next year Mehmed was deposed from the throne and the marriage could not take place.[5][10] In 1691, her uncle Suleiman II wedded her to his close-friend Moralı Hasan Pasha. The wedding took place on 13 March 1691. They were given the Sinan Pasha Palace as their residence. Sultanzade Ali, Sultanzade Abbas and a daughter from this marriage was born.[5][10][8]

Hasan Pasha was exiled to Izmit in 1704. Hatice Sultan decided to go with Hasan Pasha to Izmit. She asked her brother for the permission to go with her husband. He approved her permission. She lived there for three years. In 1707, Hasan Pasha was pardoned and was sent to Egypt whereas Hatice returned to Istanbul.[5] After the death of Hasan Pasha in 1713 she was widowed again by his death. She never married again.[11]

Hatice Sultan repaired the Abdülvedût Mosque. In 1711, she contrived Hatice Sultan Sebili Fountain. After her death, in 1764 a fountain named Hatice Sultan Fountain was commissioned in Istanbul by some unknown person.[12]

Hatice Sultan appears to have been a dedicated collector of Oriental ware. Studies of the topkapı Palace collections of Chinese porcelains and celadons point to a big jump in numbers between 1725 and 1750. It has been suggested that the totals for this twenty-five year period and the decade following it were swollen by the incorporation of two massive collections. Whereupon (as already mentioned) her probate inventory turned out to comprise no fewer than sixty-two celadons, 2,303 Chinese porcelains, and twelve European porcelains, adding up to a total of 2,377 pieces. [13]

When she married in 1675, she had only 311 porcelains and celadons (268 plain and forty-three bejewelled) in her trousseau. her kitchen accounts, too, record massive displays of “table” pomp and circumstance. Indeed, Hatice Sultan is known to have repeatedly fêted her brothers, Mustafa II and Ahmed III, in her palaces. On the eve of the events that led to the disastrous revolt of 1730, she was holding a banquet for the sultan and the grand vizier, as well as a crowd of high-ranking dignitaries, at her Üsküdar palace on the Bosphorus. [13]

Hatice Sultan died on 5 July 1743 and was buried in the mausoleum of her grandmother at Turhan Hatice Sultan Türbe of The New Mosque at Eminönü in Istanbul, Turkey.[5][10][11]

• In the 2012 Turkish historical television series Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam, Hatice Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Türkan Şoray.

• List of Ottoman Princesses

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