| Emetullah Kadın | |
| BaşKadın | |
| Reign: | 1703/1704 - 1 October 1730 |
| Birth Date: | ante 1690 |
| Death Date: | 1740 |
| Death Place: | Eski Saray, Costantinopoli |
| Burial Place: | Istanbul |
| Spouse: | Ahmed III |
| Spouse-Type: | Consort of |
| Issue: | Fatma Sultan |
| Full Name: | Emetullah Banu Kadın Efendi |
| Religion: | Sunni Islam (converted) |
| Dynasty: | Ottoman |
Emetullah Banu Kadın (and 'Queen'; also wrote as Ümmetullah; dead in 1740) was the chief consort (BaşKadin) of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III. She was also his favorite consort and the mother of his firstborn and favorite child, the princess Fatma Sultan.
Her origins are unknown. She was born before 1690 and entered in Ahmed III's harem when he was enthroned, in August 1703. In the harem, she was renamed Emetullah Banu and became Ahmed's first and favorite consort, with the title of BaşKadin (chief consort). Ahmed loved her more than his other consorts, and honoreted her with a mosque, a school and a fountain.[1] [2] [3]
On 22 September 1704, Emetullah give birth the firstborn of Ahmed, a daughter, Fatma Sultan, who became Ahmed's favorite child. It is unknown if she had other children.
In 1730, the Tulip Era ended with the Patrona Halil's rebellion and Ahmed was dethroned and imprisoned, with his daughter Fatma and Fatma's husband, the Grand Vizir Ibrahim Pasha. Emetullah, with the other consorts, lost her propety and jewels and was confinated in the Eski Saray, where she died in 1740. She was buried in Istanbul, near the tomb of Lala Mustafa Pasha or these of Neberf Kalfa, an harem's teacher, and Abdulganf, a muezzin.
By Ahmed III, Emetullah had at least a child, a daughter:
Emetullah was a benevolent and caring woman, very active in charity.
In 1707, Ahmed granted her the income from a bakery in Galata, an inn in Simkeşehan with over 150 rooms, and land on which over 30 shops stood. With the money, Emetullah financed a mosque, a mekteb and a fountain, providing education to 50 children and jobs to about 100 people. In 1728, Emetullah built three more fountains at Ayazma, Imrahor and Uskudar, earning the praise of the poet Ahmed Nedim.
Most of the structures were demolished in 1956, when a new road was built between Bayezid Square and Aksaray.