Bülbül Hatun
| Bülbül Hatun | |||||
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The mausoleum of "Bülbül Hatun" is located inside Muradiye Complex, Bursa | |||||
| Born | c. 1452 | ||||
| Died |
c. 1515 Bursa, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Burial | Muradiye Complex, Bursa | ||||
| Spouse | Bayezid II | ||||
| Issue |
Hatice Sultan of Bayezid II Şehzade Ahmed of Bayezid II Gevhermülük Sultan Şehzade Mahmud Hundi Sultan | ||||
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| House | House of Osman (by marriage) | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Bülbül Hatun (c. 1452 - c. 1515,[1]) (Bülbül meaning "Nightingale") was the third wife of Sultan Bayezid II.[2]
Life
Little is known of Bülbül’s early life. The Ottoman inscription (vakfiye) describes her as Hātun binti Abdullah (Daughter of Abdullah) which means that her father was possibly a Christian who converted to Islam.[1][3][4] Bayezid married her in 1465 at Amasya.[1]
According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors (Sanjak-bey) as a part of their training.[5] In 1481 Ahmed, Selim's principal rival, was sent to Manisa sanjak (then known as Saruhan) and then in 1483 to Amasya, and Bülbül accompanied him.[5] After the death of Şehzade Ahmed, Bülbül Hatun came to Bursa in 1513 when her son was executed by Selim. Bursa was the first Ottoman capital, and the place where, until the conquest of Constantinople, members of the dynastic family were buried.[5] In retirement she occupied herself with pious works[5] She built a "Hatuniye Mosque" at Amasya in 1510. She had already built and endowed a religious college in Bursa, and then she also built a tomb for Ahmed, in which she was too buried at her death in 1515.[5]
Children
Together with Bayezid Bülbül had five children:
- Hatice Sultan (Amasya, c. 1465 - Bursa, c. 1550). married firstly 1479, Damat Kara Mustafa Pasha (killed at Söğüt, 1483), Vizier, married secondly 1484, Damad Faiq Pasha;
- Şehzade Ahmet (Amasya, c. 1466 - Yenişehir, 24 April 1513) Governor of Sarihan 1481-1483 and of Amasya 1483-1513, married Bülbül Hatun, daughter of Şehzade Ahmed;
- Gevhermülük Sultan (Amasya, c. 1467 - Istanbul, c. 1550), married 1480, Damat Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha (killed at Amasya, 4 March 1515);
- Hundi Sultan (Amasya, c. 1470 - Bursa, c. 1511), married 1481, Damat Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (Hersek, 1 May 1456 - Maras, 21 July 1517), Grand Vizier 1487, 1497-1516;
- Şehzade Mahmud (Amasya, c. 1475 - Manisa, c. 1507), Governor of Kastamonu 1504 and of Sarihan 1504-1507.
References
- 1 2 3 "Turkey: The Imperial House of Osman". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on May 2, 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ Ahmed Akgündüz, Said Öztürk (2011). Ottoman History: Misperceptions and Truths. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-9-090-26108-9.
- ↑ "Consorts Of Ottoman Sultans (in Turkish)". Ottoman Web Page.
- ↑ Anthony Dolphin Alerson (1956). The Structure of the Ottoman Dynasty. Clarendon Press.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Leslie P. Peirce (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.