Şah Sultan (daughter of Selim I) explained
Şah Sultan (ota|شاه سلطان, "sovereign; also known as Şahıhuban, Şahi and Devlet Şah;[2] - 1572) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim I and one of his concubines. She was the half-sister of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.[3]
Biography
She married Lütfi Pasha[4] in around 1523.[5] He was a historian, and author, and entered the palace through the child levy. After 1512, he served as a governor in Anatolian and the Balkan provinces, actively participating in the initial siege of Vienna in 1529. His career continued to ascend as he received promotions, overseeing the beylerbeyliks of Karaman, Anatolia, and Rumelia from 1533 onwards. By 1536-37, Lütfi Pasha had become a vizier, ultimately reaching the zenith of his career in 1539 when he assumed the prestigious role of grand vizier.[6] The two together had a daughter and three sons.[7]
In 1541,[8] she initiated a divorce from Lütfi Pasha, due to his involvement in a disturbing incident concerning the cruel treatment of a prostitute, which involved the mutilation of her genitals as punishment. Historian Mustafa Ali's account highlights that when Şah objected, Lütfi insisted on persisting with such punishments for prostitutes and resorted to physically assaulting the princess when she expressed her displeasure. Responding to Şah's plea, Suleiman granted her the divorce she sought and relieved Lütfi Pasha of his position as grand vizier, effectively concluding his official career.[9] Opting not to remarry, Şah chose to return to the royal palace, adhering to the customary residence for a princess following the dissolution of her marriage.[9] According to some sources she later remarried to Merkez Efendi.[10]
In 1555, she endowed a tekke in Eyüp,[11] followed in 1556, by a mosque in her name name also in Eyüp.[12] In 1564, she endowed a school in Fatih.[13] She died in 1572[14] and was buried in her own mausoleum, inside her mosque in Eyüp. Buried beside her are her daughter, Esmehan, and granddaughters, Neslihan and Vasfihan.[3] [15]
Issue
From her marriage to Lütfi, Şah had a daughter and three sons:[16] [17]
- Esmehan Hanımsultan (1524 – 1556). She married Hüseyn Pasha and had two daughters:
- Neslihan Hanim (born in 1546), married with issue;
- Vasfihan Hanim (1549 - 1570), married with Küçük Ömer Ağa and had a son, Ahmed Bey.
- Sultanzade Ahmed Bey
- Sultanzade Abdi Bey
- Sultanzade Mahmud Bey
In popular culture
- In the 2003 TV miniseries Hürrem Sultan, Şah Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Yeliz Doğramacılar.[18]
- In the 2011 TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Şah Sultan is played by Turkish actress Deniz Çakır.[19]
Notes and References
- Necdet Sakaoğlu, Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları, Oğlak Publishing, 4th edition, p. 154
- Book: Gökbilgin, M.T. . XV.-XVI. asırlarda Edirne ve Paşa livâsı: vakıflar, mülkler, mukataalar . Üçler Basımevi . İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi yayınları . 1952 . 498.
- Esin . Emel . Merkez Efendi ile Şah Sultan Hakkında Bir Haşiye . Journal of Turkology . İstanbul Üniversitesi . 19 . 1977-12-10 . 2651-3188 . 65–92 . tr.
- Turan . Ebru . The Marriage of Ibrahim Pasha (ca. 1495-1536): The Rise of Sultan Süleyman's Favorite to the Grand Vizierate and the Politics of the Elites in the Early Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Empire . Turcica . 41 . 2009 . 3–36. 10.2143/TURC.41.0.2049287 .
- Book: Gök, Ilhan. Atatürk Kitaplığı M.C. O.71 numaralı 909-933/1503-1527 tarihli İn'amat defteri (transkripsiyon-değerlendirme). 2014. 1464.
- Book: Somel, S.A. . The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire . Scarecrow Press . A to Z guides . 2010 . 978-0-8108-7579-1 . 167.
- Book: Haskan, M.N. . Eyüp Sultan tarihi . Eyüp Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları . v. 2 . 2008 . 978-975-6087-04-6 . 535.
- Book: Peirce, L. . Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab . University of California Press . 2003 . 978-0-520-92697-4 . 140.
- Book: Peirce, L.P. . The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire . Oxford University Press . Studies in Middle Eastern history . 1993 . 978-0-19-508677-5 . 67, 201–202.
- Esin, Emel (1977). Merkez Efendi ile Şah Sultan Hakkında Bir Haşiye, Volume 19. Istanbul University. p. 73.
- Book: Lifchez . R. . Algar . A.E. . The Dervish Lodge: Architecture, Art, and Sufism in Ottoman Turkey . University of California Press . California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy . 1992 . 978-0-520-07060-8 . 50.
- Book: Dördüncü Eyüpsultan Sempozyumu . Eyüp Belediyesi Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü . Eyüpsultan Belediyesi kültür yayınları . 2000 . 182.
- Web site: Şah-ı Huban Medresesi . Kültür Envanteri . 2021-03-05 . 2024-02-03.
- Book: Cipa, H.E. . The Making of Selim: Succession, Legitimacy, and Memory in the Early Modern Ottoman World . Indiana University Press . 2017 . 978-0-253-02435-0 . 341.
- Web site: Şah Sultan Türbesi . Eyüpsultan Belediyesi . tr . 2024-02-03.
- Book: Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay . Padışahların kadınları ve kızları. Türk Tarihi Kurumu Yayınları . 1992 . 58.
- Book: Haskan, M.N. . Eyüp Sultan tarihi . Eyüp Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları . v. 2 . 2008 . 978-975-6087-04-6 . 535.
- Web site: Hürrem Sultan (TV Series 2003) . IMDb . 2024-02-03.
- Web site: Muhteşem Yüzyıl'da Şah Sultan'ı aslında Deniz Çakır değil o isim oynayacakmış! . Star . 2022-10-19 . tr . 2024-02-03.
