Şehzade Süleyman Explained

Şehzade Süleyman
Birth Date: 1613/1615
Birth Place:Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial Place:Ahmed I Mausoleum, Blue Mosque, Constantinople
Consort:no
Full Name:Turkish: Şehzade Süleyman bin Ahmed I
Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: شہزادہ سليمان
House:Ottoman
House-Type:Dynasty
Father:Ahmed I
Mother:Kösem Sultan?
Religion:Sunni islam

Şehzade Süleyman (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده سليمان; 1613/1615 – 27 July 1635) was an Ottoman prince and the son of Sultan Ahmed I and maybe his Haseki Kösem Sultan. He was the brother of Murad IV and Ibrahim, and half-brother of Osman II.

Life

Şehzade Süleyman was born between 1613 and 1615 in Topkapı Palace to Sultan Ahmed I and possibly his Haseki Kösem Sultan.

After Murad IV’s accession in 1623, Süleyman was confined in the Kafes.[1] [2]

Death

In 1635, Süleyman, his (maybe) brother Selim and his half-brother Bayezid were executed during the celebrations over the victory at Erivan.[3] The orders were carried out by Murad IV, the cause of Süleyman's execution is unknown. It was most likely that he was found favored on the throne by Murad's opponents and rivals that wanted to overthrown him.

After his death, he was buried in his father Ahmed I's mausoleum in the Blue Mosque.

Notes and References

  1. Klaus Kreiser: Der osmanische Staat 1300–1922. München 2001, S. 1.
  2. John Freely: Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of Sultans in Istanbul (Tauris Parke Paperbacks) Paperback – December 30, 2016.
  3. Book: Peirce, Leslie P. . Leslie Peirce . The imperial harem : women and sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire . New York . 1993 . 0-19-507673-7 . 27811454 . 259.