Summary
Gevherhan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: کوھرخان سلطان, meaning "Gem of the Khan"; c. 1605 – c. 1631) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Ahmed I (reign 1603–1617),[1] and sister of sultans Osman II (reign 1618–1622), Murad IV (1623–1640) and Ibrahim (reign 1640–1648) of the Ottoman Empire.
| Gevherhan Sultan | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1605 Topkapi Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Died | c. 1631 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Burial | Ahmed I mausoleum, Blue Mosque, Istanbul |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Safiye Hanımsultan |
| Dynasty | Ottoman |
| Father | Ahmed I |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Biography edit
Born in Istanbul in around early 1605,[2] Gevherhan was the eldest daughter of sultan Ahmed I. He had named her in honor of his great aunt Gevherhan Sultan, who had introduced his mother Handan Sultan to his father Mehmed III.[1] She was apparently Sultan Osman's full sister.[3]
In the summer of 1612, Gevherhan was married, as arranged by Ahmed, to Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha, who served as the governor of Egypt from 1607 to 1611, and Grand Admiral of the Ottoman fleet in 1611.[4] The wedding took place at the Old Palace, and the couple were given the Palace of Ibrahim Pasha as their residence.[5] Over a seven-month period, the expenses for providing bread, rice, and lamb to wedding guests and the capital's residents amounted to nearly 2,000,000 aspers. Additionally, during the festivities, an unidentified French observer in Istanbul witnessed Gevherhan's opulent dowry, featuring a solid gold bride-crown, a large chest filled with precious stones and jewels, and numerous rolls of silk.[6]
Mehmed served as Grand Vizier from 1614 until 1616 under Ahmed, and then again for a few months in 1619 under Osman II.[7] After being dismissed from the office a second time, he died in Aleppo in around 1621.[8] Later in 1622,[9][10] during in the reign of her brother, Osman II, she married Topal Recep Pasha,[11][9] who in 1632 served as Grand Vizier under her brother Murad IV. With Recep Pasha, she had a daughter named Safiye Hanımsultan,[12] born in January 1630,[13] and who in turn married the future Grand Vizier Abaza Siyavuş Pasha in 1643.[14]
She died in around 1631,[15] and was buried in her father's mausoleum in Blue, Istanbul.[16]
In popular culture edit
- In the 2015 TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Gevherhan is portrayed by Turkish actresses Çağla Naz Kargı and Asli Tandoğan as a child and adult respectively.[17]
References edit
- ^ a b Borekçi 2010, p. 94.
- ^ Borekçi 2010, p. 117.
- ^ Tezcan, Baki (December 31, 2008). "The Debut of Kösem Sultan's Political Career". Turcica. 40 (0): 347–359.
- ^ Tezcan 2001, p. 337 n. 81.
- ^ Dumas 2013, pp. 552–559.
- ^ Borekçi 2010, pp. 240–241.
- ^ Watenpaugh, Heghnar Zeitlian (2004). The Image Of An Ottoman City: Imperial Architecture And Urban Experience In Aleppo In The 16th And 17th Centuries. BRILL. p. 142. ISBN 978-9-004-12454-7.
- ^ Ayvansaray-i, Hafiz Hueseyin (2000). The Garden of the Mosques: Hafiz Hüseyin Al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul. Brill. p. 30. ISBN 978-9-004-11242-1.
- ^ a b Dumas 2013, p. 564.
- ^ Efendi, A.; Yılmazer, Z. (2003). Topçular Katibi ʻAbdülkādir (Kadrı) Efendi Tarihi: metin ve tahlıl. Publications de la Société d'histoire turque. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. p. 757. ISBN 978-975-16-1585-5.
- ^ Tezcan 2001, p. 334 n. 58.
- ^ Dumas 2013, p. 462.
- ^ Mustafa Naima Efendi (1968). Naîmâ Târihi - Cilt 3. Zuhuri Danişman Yayinevi. p. 1097.
- ^ Dumas 2013, p. 570.
- ^ Turkey. Osmanlı Arşivi Daire Başkanlığı (2002). Mühimme defteri: 85 Numaralı mühimme defteri 1040-1041(1042) (1630-1631(1632)) : özet, transkripsiyon, indeks. Dîvân-ı Hümâyûn sicilleri dizisi. T.C. Başbakanlık, Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü. pp. 58, 245. ISBN 978-975-19-3293-8.
- ^ Şehsuvaroğlu, H.Y. (1959). Asırlar boyunca İstanbul: sarayları, camileri, abîdeleri, çeşmeleri. Cumhuriyet. p. 200.
- ^ "Gevherhan Sultan - Aslı Tandoğan". www.fox.com.tr. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
Bibliography edit
- Borekçi, Günhan (2010). Factions And Favorites At The Courts Of Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603-17) And His Immediate Predecessors.
- Dumas, Juliette (2013). Les perles de nacre du sultanat: Les princesses ottomanes (mi-XVe – mi-XVIIIe siècle).
- Tezcan, Baki (November 2001). Searching for Osman: A reassessment of the deposition of the Ottoman Sultan Osman II (1618-1622) (PhD Thesis). Princeton University.