Ferahşad Hatun Explained

Ferahşad Hatun
Death Date:	1530
Death Place:	Bursa, Ottoman Empire (present day Bursa, Turkey)
Burial Place:	Muradiye Complex, Bursa
Religion:	Sunni Islam
Spouse:	Bayezid II
Issue:	Şehzade Mehmed

Ferahşad Hatun^[1] (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: فرخشاد خاتون "Happiness", also known as Muhtereme Hatun^[2] (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: محترمہ خاتون, "Honorable, respectful"),^[3] was a concubine of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Ferahşad entered in Bayezid's harem in 1484, and gave birth to Şehzade Mehmed, the last Bayezid's son, on 1486. Contemporary historian Kemalpaşazade commented on his birth, by stating that he was a "substitute" (bedel) for his recently deceased half-brother, Şehzade Abdüllah (dead in 1483, son of Şirin Hatun).^[4]

According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. Mehmed was sent to Kefe in 1490,^[4] and Ferahşad accompanied him.^{[5] [6]}

Following Mehmed's death in December 1504,^[4] she retired to Bursa. In retirement she made endowments in Silivri,^[7] and Istanbul.^{[8] [9]} She was buried in Muradiye Complex, Bursa.^[3]

Issue

Together with Bayezid, Ferahşad had one son:

• Şehzade Mehmed (1484 - December 1504, buried in Muradiye Complex). In 1504 he married a princess of the Giray khanate of Crimea, Ayşe Hatun (who would later be consort of his half-brother Selim I) and had three children by an unknown mother, Fatma Sultan (1500 - 1566), Şehzade Alemşah and Şehzade Mehmed (1505, posthumously - 1513, killed by Selim I).

External links

• Biography of Muhtereme Hatun in Turkish

Notes and References

1. Also written as "Ferruşad Hatun".
2. Also written as "Muhterem Hatun".
3. Book: Raif Kaplanoğlu. Bursalı şair, yazar, ve ünlüler ansiklopedisi. Avrasya Etnografya Vakfı. 1998. 212.
4. Book: Al-Tikriti, Nabil Sirri. Şehzade Korkud (ca. 1468-1513) and the Articulation of Early 16th Century Ottoman Religious Identity – Volume 1 and 2. 2004. 59 n. 40, 321, 322.
5. Book: M. Çağatay Uluçay. Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Türk Tarih Kurumu. 1985. 46.
6. Book: Necdet Sakaoğlu. Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. 2008. 191. 978-9-753-29623-6.
7. Book: Gökbilgin, M. Tayyib. XV-XVI. asırlarda Edirne ve Paşa Livası: vakıflar, mülkler, mukataalar. Üçler Basımevi. 1952. 376.
8. Book: Barkan, Ömer Lûtfi. İstanbul vakıfları tahrîr defteri: 953 (1546) târîhli. Baha Matbaası. 1970. 146–7.
9. Book: Canatar, Mehmet. İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri: 1009 (1600) Tarihli. İstanbul Fetih Cemiyeti Yayınları. 2004. 220–21.