Şehzade Ömer
| Şehzade Ömer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
20 October 1621 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died |
January 1622 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
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| House | House of Osman | ||||
| Father | Osman II | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Şehzade Ömer (20 October 1621 - January 1622) was an Ottoman prince (Turkish: şehzade), son of Sultan Osman II.
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Biography
Şehzade Ömer was born on 20 October 1621, to Sultan Osman II. On Osman's way back he had received the news that he had a son born. Now as a father, he had a successor and posed a threat against his brothers. He called her to Edirne where the two met and Osman had the chance to see his son, Ömer. To celebrate the auspicious moment and possibly to impress her, he ordered a festivity to be held. In the celebrations, imitation of the battle scenes was a part of the show. Yet the unimaginable happened and the baby suddenly died. Some history writers explain this event by the shock the infant had due to noises of the fired cannons.[1] Hammer gives a more striking reason for the baby's death: "To increase her joy festivities were held and some scenes of the Polish war were staged. The prince was present in these games and by the sudden shot from a rifle [by coincidence] he was wounded and died."[2] If this information Hammer brings without telling its source is true, then it means we are expected to believe that the baby, the existence of whom was so critical for Osman, was shot "accidentally". His only heir had disappeared.
Further reading
- Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
- Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).