Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Rüstem Pasha)

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Ayşe Sultan
Born25 August 1547
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Diedfl. 1599
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Complex of Şeyh ‘Azîz Mahmûd Hüdâyî Efendi, Üsküdar
Spouse
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(m. 1561; his d. 1580)​
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(m. 1582; his d. 1583)​
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(m. 1590, her d.)​
Issue
Among others
  • Sultanzade Abdurrahman Bey
  • Sultanzade Mehmed Bey
  • Sultanzade Şehid Mustafa Pasha
  • Sultanzade Osman Bey
  • Saliha Sultan
Names
Turkish: Ayşe Sultan
Ottoman Turkish: عایشه سلطان
DynastyOttoman
FatherRüstem Pasha
MotherMihrimah Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Ayşe Sultan[1] (Ottoman Turkish: عایشه سلطان; 25 August 1547 – fl. 1599) was an Ottoman princess, the only daughter of Mihrimah Sultan and Rüstem Pasha (Grand Vizier 1544–53, 1555–61). She was granddaughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566) and his favorite consort and legal wife, Hurrem Sultan.

Early life[]

Ayşe Sultan[1] was born on 25 August 1547 in Istanbul.[2] Her father was Rüstem Pasha, a devshirme from Croatia,[3] and her mother was Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and Hurrem Sultan. She was the first child of her parents.[2] Like her cousin Hümaşah Sultan, she was reportedly beloved by their grandfather.[4] Ayşe, her mother, and her cousin would all imitate the communication style ushered in by her grandmother Hurrem, whose letters to the Sultan are known for their colourfulness, charm, and smoothness.[5]

First marriage[]

Ayşe married two times. Her first husband was the future Grand vizier, Şemsi Ahmet Pasha. They married on 27 November 1561,[6] when she was fourteen. The two together had nine children including, Sultanzade Abdurrahman Bey, Sultanzade Mehmed Bey, Sultanzade Şehid Mustafa Pasha, Sultanzade Osman Bey,[7] and Saliha Sultan.[2] Her mother used to send two thousand ducats to the couple every week.[2] Ahmet Pasha became grand vizier in 1579, and died in 1580.[6]

Second marriage[]

After Ahmet's death, Ayşe married Feridun Ahmed Bey, who had served twice as the head scribe of the imperial chancery.[8] The marriage took place on 7 April 1582.[9] Kizlar Agha Mehmed Agha, served as her agent, while Miralem Mahmud Agha served as Feridun Pasha's agent. The marriage was performed by Sheikh-ul-Islam Çivizade Hacı Mehmet Efendi. Her dowry was thirty five thousand gold coins.[10][11] The marriage, however, lasted only eleven months because the pasha died on 16 March 1583.[12]

Political affairs[]

After her mother's death in 1578, the Ragusans turned to her, with a petition to act in their favour and support them in a manner her mother did, whose death they mourned deeply. In fact, all of this they reported to Behram Kethüda, who by sultan's order was to attend to Ayşe after Mihrimah's death. She and her husband Şemsi Pasha shared disposition towards the Ragusans. When her son Mehmed Bey was installed as sancakbey of Herzegovina on 1592, she soon wrote him a letter of recommendation for the Ragusans.[13] In 1591, she proposed to pay the expenses of one hundred galleys for six months, if her son-in-law Çiğalazade Sinan Pasha was made Kapudan Pasha.[14] According to the French ambassador Jacques de Germigny, Ayşe formed a political faction with Safiye Sultan to oppose Nurbanu Sultan and her allies.[15]

Last years[]

In 1595, Ayşe Sultan went for a pilgrimage.[16] In 1598-99, she commissioned a fountain in Üsküdar.[17] When she died, she was buried in the complex of Şeyh ‘Azîz Mahmûd Hüdâyî Efendi, Üsküdar.[7]

Issue[]

Ayşe had six sons and three daughters by her first husband;

Sons
Daughters
  • Saliha Sultan[2] (died 1580)[13] married in October 1576 to Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha;[19][2]
  • Safiye Sultan, married in March 1581 to Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha[14] after her sister's death in 1580;[19]
  • Hatice Sultan, married in December 1584 to Kapıcıbaşı Mahmud Bey;[14]

In popular culture[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Hans Georg Majer; Sabine Prätor; Christoph K. Neumann (2002). Arts, women and, scholars. Simurg. p. 105. ISBN 978-975-7172-64-2. Ayşe Sultan duhter-i hazret-i Mihrümāh Sulțān el-mezbūre zevce-i Ahmed Paşa
  2. ^ a b c d e f Zahit, Atçıl (2020). "Osmanlı Hanedanının Evlilik Politikaları ve Mihrimah Sultan'ın Evliliği". Güneydoğu Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergis (34): 1–26.
  3. ^ Vovchenko, Denis (2016-07-18). Containing Balkan Nationalism: Imperial Russia and Ottoman Christians, 1856-1914. Oxford University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-19-061291-7.
  4. ^ Tezcan, Hülya (2006). Osmanlı çocukları: şehzadeler ve hanım sultanların yaşlamarı ve giysileri. Istanbul: Aygaz Yayınları. p. 31. ISBN 978-9-759-83723-5.
  5. ^ Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 180. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  6. ^ a b c d e "SEMİZ AHMED PAŞA". TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Mehmet Nermi Haskan (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 532. ISBN 978-975-97606-2-5.
  8. ^ Ga ́bor A ́goston; Bruce Alan Masters (21 May 2010). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. p. 536. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
  9. ^ Selânikı̂ Mustafa Efendi (1984). A Year in Selânikî's History : 1593-4. Indiana University. p. 8.
  10. ^ Selânik Mustafa Efendi. "Tarih-i Selâniki". Internet Archive. p. 163. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  11. ^ Enver Behnan Şapolyo (1961). Osmanlı sultanları tarihi. R. Zaimler Yayınevı. p. 207.
  12. ^ "FERİDUN AHMED BEY". TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  13. ^ a b c Miović, Vesna (2018-05-02). "Per favore della Soltana: moćne osmanske žene i dubrovački diplomati". Anali Zavoda za povijesne znanosti Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti u Dubrovniku (in Croatian) (56/1): 147–197. doi:10.21857/mwo1vczp2y. ISSN 1330-0598.
  14. ^ a b c Pedani, Maria Pia (2000). Tucica, Volume 32: Safiye's Household and Venetian Diplomacy. pp. 18 and n. 29, 29.
  15. ^ Pinar Kayaalp (9 April 2018). The Empress Nurbanu and Ottoman Politics in the Sixteenth Century: Building the Atik Valide. Taylor & Francis. pp. 32, 45 n. 125. ISBN 978-1-351-59661-9.
  16. ^ a b Üsküdar Sempozyumu I, 23-25 Mayıs 2003: bildiriler. Üsküdar Belediyesi. 2004. p. 140. ISBN 978-975-97606-8-7.
  17. ^ Mehmet Nermi Haskan (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar. Üsküdar Belediyesi. pp. 1045–46. ISBN 978-975-97606-3-2.
  18. ^ a b c Gábor Ágoston (22 June 2021). The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe. Princeton University Press. pp. 249, 569 n. 57. ISBN 978-0-691-15932-4.
  19. ^ a b Biçer, Merve (2014). Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha: A 16th Century Ottoman Comvert in the Mediterranean World (Master Thesis). Department of History İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Ankara. pp. 48–49.
  20. ^ "Muhteşem Yüzyıl - Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan - Kayra Aleyna Zabcı Kimdir (Gerçek İsmi, Rolü, Öldü mü, Ayrıldı mı)". Dizisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
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