Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan | |||||
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Born | 1541 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
Died | 1598 (aged 56–57)
[1] Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
Burial | Complex of Şeyh ‘Azîz Mahmûd Hüdâyî Efendi, Üsküdar | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | see below | ||||
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Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
Father | Rüstem Pasha | ||||
Mother | Mihrimah Sultan | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan [2] ( Ottoman Turkish: عایشه سلطان; "womanly" and "Şah's phoenix"; 1541 – 1598) 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 legal wife Hürrem Sultan.
Ayşe Humaşah Sultan [3] was born in 1541 in Istanbul. [4] Her father was Rüstem Pasha, a devshirme from Croatia, [5] and her mother was Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan. She was the only daughter of her parents, but she had at least a younger brother, Sultanzade Osman Bey. [4] Like her cousin Hümaşah Sultan, she was reportedly beloved by their grandfather. A sign of her grandfather's favour towards her can be seen from her title: Ayşe Hümaşah was in fact titled Sultan as the daughters of the male members of the dynasty, rather than with the inferior title of Hanımsultan as the daughter of the female members. Consequently, her sons and daughters, who as great-grandchildren in the female line of a Sultan should have neither titles nor be considered members of the imperial family, were instead entitled to the titles of Sultanzade for males and Hanımsultan for females, as was rule for the children of a Sultana. [6] Ayşe, her mother, and her cousin would all imitate the communication style ushered in by her grandmother Hürrem, whose letters to the Sultan are known for their colourfulness, charm, and smoothness. [7]
Ayşe married three times. Her first husband was the future Grand vizier, Semiz Ahmed Pasha. [8] [9] They married on 27 November 1557, [8] when she was sixteen. The two together had ten children. [10] [4] Her mother used to send two thousand ducats to the couple every week. [4] Semiz Ahmed Pasha became grand vizier in 1579 until his death on 27 April 1580. [8]
After Ahmed's death, Ayşe married Feridun Ahmed Bey, who had served twice as the head scribe of the imperial chancery. [11] The marriage took place on 7 April 1582. [12] 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. [13] [14] The marriage, however, lasted only eleven months because the pasha died on 16 March 1583. [15]
In 1590; Ayşe Hümaşah married for the third time to Mahmud Hudayi Pasha. This marriage ended with her own death in 1598. [2]
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 Semiz Pasha shared disposition towards the Ragusans. When her son Mehmed Bey was installed as sancakbey of Herzegovina in 1592, she soon wrote him a letter of recommendation for the Ragusans. [16] 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. [17] According to the French ambassador Jacques de Germigny, Ayşe formed a political faction with Safiye Sultan to oppose Nurbanu Sultan and her allies. [18]
In 1595, Ayşe Sultan went for a pilgrimage. [19] In 1598, she commissioned a fountain in Üsküdar. [20] She died in 1598 and she was buried in the complex of Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, Üsküdar. [10]
Ayşe Humaşah had ten children by her first husband, five sons and five daughters:
Ayşe Sultan duhter-i hazret-i Mihrümāh Sulțān el-mezbūre zevce-i Ahmed Paşa
Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan | |||||
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Born | 1541 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
Died | 1598 (aged 56–57)
[1] Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
Burial | Complex of Şeyh ‘Azîz Mahmûd Hüdâyî Efendi, Üsküdar | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | see below | ||||
| |||||
Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
Father | Rüstem Pasha | ||||
Mother | Mihrimah Sultan | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan [2] ( Ottoman Turkish: عایشه سلطان; "womanly" and "Şah's phoenix"; 1541 – 1598) 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 legal wife Hürrem Sultan.
Ayşe Humaşah Sultan [3] was born in 1541 in Istanbul. [4] Her father was Rüstem Pasha, a devshirme from Croatia, [5] and her mother was Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan. She was the only daughter of her parents, but she had at least a younger brother, Sultanzade Osman Bey. [4] Like her cousin Hümaşah Sultan, she was reportedly beloved by their grandfather. A sign of her grandfather's favour towards her can be seen from her title: Ayşe Hümaşah was in fact titled Sultan as the daughters of the male members of the dynasty, rather than with the inferior title of Hanımsultan as the daughter of the female members. Consequently, her sons and daughters, who as great-grandchildren in the female line of a Sultan should have neither titles nor be considered members of the imperial family, were instead entitled to the titles of Sultanzade for males and Hanımsultan for females, as was rule for the children of a Sultana. [6] Ayşe, her mother, and her cousin would all imitate the communication style ushered in by her grandmother Hürrem, whose letters to the Sultan are known for their colourfulness, charm, and smoothness. [7]
Ayşe married three times. Her first husband was the future Grand vizier, Semiz Ahmed Pasha. [8] [9] They married on 27 November 1557, [8] when she was sixteen. The two together had ten children. [10] [4] Her mother used to send two thousand ducats to the couple every week. [4] Semiz Ahmed Pasha became grand vizier in 1579 until his death on 27 April 1580. [8]
After Ahmed's death, Ayşe married Feridun Ahmed Bey, who had served twice as the head scribe of the imperial chancery. [11] The marriage took place on 7 April 1582. [12] 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. [13] [14] The marriage, however, lasted only eleven months because the pasha died on 16 March 1583. [15]
In 1590; Ayşe Hümaşah married for the third time to Mahmud Hudayi Pasha. This marriage ended with her own death in 1598. [2]
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 Semiz Pasha shared disposition towards the Ragusans. When her son Mehmed Bey was installed as sancakbey of Herzegovina in 1592, she soon wrote him a letter of recommendation for the Ragusans. [16] 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. [17] According to the French ambassador Jacques de Germigny, Ayşe formed a political faction with Safiye Sultan to oppose Nurbanu Sultan and her allies. [18]
In 1595, Ayşe Sultan went for a pilgrimage. [19] In 1598, she commissioned a fountain in Üsküdar. [20] She died in 1598 and she was buried in the complex of Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, Üsküdar. [10]
Ayşe Humaşah had ten children by her first husband, five sons and five daughters:
Ayşe Sultan duhter-i hazret-i Mihrümāh Sulțān el-mezbūre zevce-i Ahmed Paşa