Selçuk Hatun

Her daughter Hatice Hatun, the only surviving child of Selçuk Hatun. She had six children from her marriage with Taceddin Ibrahim Bey. [6] There first child was Orhan Bey who died at the age of five in November 1429. [7] There second child was Paşa Melek Hatun who died at the age of 10 in 1436, their third child was Emir Yusuf Bey who died at most probably at the age of 15 in September 1441. [7] There fourth child was Hafsa Hatun who died at the age of 16 in May 1442. [8] The couples fifth child was Hatice Hatun the only who reached adulthood, her death date is given to be 1502 seventeen years after the death of her mother. [8] Their last and sixth child was Ishak Bali his birth date is unknown it is only known that after the death of his father he lived with his mother in Bursa.

From her second marriage she had only one child a daughter Hundi Hatun. [6]

Selçuk Hatun Mosque Bursa

She built the Selçuk Hatun Masjid near the Irgandı Bridge in 1450 in Bursa. In Beyazıt, she arranged her foundation, dated 1483, two years before her death, and devoted her entire real estate to her masjid in Bursa as a flow. She also staunched her house, which is called a tabhane in the Mosque District of Isa Bey, in Bursa, as an imaret. In the imaret, it was required to have meals taken out to the poor once a day.[11]

According to the records in its foundation, the Bursa Selçuk Hatun Mosque was built with a single dome. It consists of two parts, the praying area and the last congregation place with three sections in the north direction. The single-domed praying area has a square plan. This rectangular area covering the top of the dome is coated with an octagonal outside and a top lead.In addition, there are two large arched fountains that stand side by side in the corner facing the street outside to the west of the mosque courtyard. [12]

The mosque was damaged by the disasters and fires in Bursa and it was modified on different dates. As a matter of fact, since the trustee Bostan Bey could not complete the 23,135 akçe (silver coins) required for the amendment of the mosque in 1568, he requested 12.744 akçel debt and this request was registered and approved. During the Celali revolts, since the masjid and its minaret were burned in 1616, it was re-opened for praying by spending 100,300 akçe. [12] Due to a storm in July 1760 the dome was destroyed and it was repaired by spending 17,853 akçe. [13]

Selçuk Hatun also built a Mosque in her name in Edirne. Selçuk Hatun contributed to the development and resettlement of Edirne with its neighbourhood, mosque and rooms named after her. In his work titled Edirne and Pasha Livası in the centuries, he also mentioned Selçuk Hatun among those who served and contributed to the development and settlement of Edirne. [14]

Selçuk Hatun had a mosque built in Istanbul besides Bursa and Edirne. In addition, the neighborhood where the masjid is located was named as Selçuk Sultan Mosque Neighborhood. The neighborhood continued with the same name until 1934 and was included in the Molla Sefer Mahallesi on this date. [15]

The construction date of the mosque, built on the old road from Aksaray to Top Gate, is unknown, but it is estimated that it was built during the Fatih period. The four walls of Mosque are made of white stone the roof is made of wood. [15] It was completely destroyed during the expansion of the street in 1956. [16]

The foundation of Selçuk Hatun also falls under the category of semi-family foundation. As a matter of fact, with the incomes it has allocated, many of the family members have benefited from their foundation, and have not kept their free slaves apart from these foundation conditions, and have paid them a salary throughout their lives. [17]