Aşub Sultan

Names
	Turkish: Aşub Sultan; Ottoman Turkish: آشوب سلطان‎

Aşub Sultan
Aşub Sultan
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	8 November 1687 – 3 January 1690
Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; (Imperial Consort)
Tenure	1642 – 12 August 1648
Died	3 January 1690; Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse	Ibrahim
Issue	Suleiman II
Names
Names
	Turkish: Aşub Sultan; Ottoman Turkish: آشوب سلطان‎
House	Ottoman (by marriage)

Aşub Sultan^[1]^[a] (Ottoman Turkish: آشوب سلطان‎; died 3 January 1690) was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim and Valide Sultan to their son Suleiman II.^[2]

Life[]

She became the consort of Ibrahim and on 15 April 1642, gave birth to her only son, Şehzade Suleiman (future Suleiman II). During Ibrahim's reign her stipend consisted of 1,300 aspers a day.^[3] He also gifted the incomes of Bolu Sanjak to her.^[4] She was described as a simple-hearted woman of unruly character.^[1]

After the deposition and death of Sultan Ibrahim in 1648, his eldest son, Mehmed IV ascended the throne, after which Aşub settled in the Old Palace. This brought her thirty-nine years of imprisonment in the Old Palace.^[5]

She was hoping that the conflict between Mehmed's mother, Turhan Sultan, her mother-in-law, Kösem Sultan would change her fortune in that she would become the Valide Sultan herself. Kösem was planning to kill her daughter-in-law and dethrone her grandson Sultan Mehmed with the help of some high officers in the yeniçeri corps, and to place Şehzade Suleiman, on the throne. However, Meleki Hatun warned Turhan who managed to strangle her mother-in-law with the help of the eunuchs in the Harem in 1651. Aşub herself was spared from execution since she was suspected in plotting against Turhan and her son, the Sultan. ^[6]^[7]

In 1672-73, she created an endowment at Istanbul.^[8]

In 1687 Mehmed IV was deposed and the throne was overtaken by Suleiman II, the son of Aşub and she became the next Valide sultan.^[9] In July 1688, she followed her son to Edirne.^[10]

Death[]

She died in the Edirne Palace on 3 January 1690, having been ill and bedridden for a year. She was buried in the mausoleum of Suleiman the Magnificent in Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul.^[10]^[5]

Issue[]

Together with Ibrahim, Aşub had one son:

Sultan Suleiman II (Topkapı Palace, 15 April 1642 - Edirne, Turkey, 22 June 1691, buried in Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul); married five times without issue;

In popular culture[]

In the 2010 Turkish historical film Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan, Aşub Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Gökcan Gökmen.^[11]
In the 2015 Turkish historical non-fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Aşub Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Ece Güzel.^[12]

Notes[]

^
She is either called Aşub Sultan, Aşube, or Saliha Dilaşub.^[13]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Uluçay 2011, p. 96.
^ Peirce, Leslie (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN 0-19-508677-5.
^ Thys-Şenocak, Lucienne (2006). Ottoman Women Builders: The Architectural Patronage of Hadice Turhan Sultan. Ashgate. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-754-63310-5.
^ Resimli tarih mecmuasi. Iskit Yayinevi. 1956. p. 229.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Uluçay 2011, p. 97.
^ Akalin, Esin (October 11, 2016). Staging the Ottoman Turk: British Drama, 1656Ð1792. Columbia University Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-3-838-26919-1.
^ Uluçay 2011, p. 96-7.
^ Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. Orientalski otdel, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture (2003). Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library: Registers. Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. pp. 116, 214.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 349-50.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 350.
^ Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010), retrieved 2019-10-07
^ Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (TV Series 2015–2017) Poster Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (2015–2017), retrieved 2019-10-07
^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 349.

Sources[]

Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.

Ottoman royalty
Preceded by Ayşe Sultan	Haseki Sultan until 12 August 1648 concurrently with Turhan, Hümaşah, Muazzez, Ayşe, Mahenver, Șivekar, and Saçbağlı	Succeeded by Gülnuş Sultan
Preceded by Turhan Sultan	Valide Sultan 8 November 1687 – 3 January 1690	Succeeded by Gülnuş Sultan

[cnote_a] 
She is either called Aşub Sultan, Aşube, or Saliha Dilaşub.^[13]

[FOOTNOTEUluçay201196-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Uluçay 2011, p. 96.

[2] Peirce, Leslie (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN 0-19-508677-5.

[3] Thys-Şenocak, Lucienne (2006). Ottoman Women Builders: The Architectural Patronage of Hadice Turhan Sultan. Ashgate. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-754-63310-5.

[4] Resimli tarih mecmuasi. Iskit Yayinevi. 1956. p. 229.

[FOOTNOTEUluçay201197-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Uluçay 2011, p. 97.

[6] Akalin, Esin (October 11, 2016). Staging the Ottoman Turk: British Drama, 1656Ð1792. Columbia University Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-3-838-26919-1.

[FOOTNOTEUluçay201196-7-7] Uluçay 2011, p. 96-7.

[8] Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. Orientalski otdel, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture (2003). Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library: Registers. Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. pp. 116, 214.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[FOOTNOTESakaoğlu2008349-50-9] Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 349-50.

[FOOTNOTESakaoğlu2008350-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 350.

[11] Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010), retrieved 2019-10-07

[12] Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (TV Series 2015–2017) Poster Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (2015–2017), retrieved 2019-10-07

[FOOTNOTESakaoğlu2008349-13] Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 349.

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Haseki Sultans	Hürrem Sultan Nurbanu Sultan Safiye Sultan Kösem Sultan Ayşe Sultan Ayşe Sultan Turhan Sultan Muazzez Sultan Aşub Sultan Hümaşah Sultan Şivekar Sultan Gülnuş Sultan Rabia Sultan