Gülfem Hatun
| Gülfem Hatun کلفام خاتون | |||||
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Seyyidetü'l-muhadderat Tacü'l-mesturat[1] Sahibetü'l-hayrat Sa'ide Şehide[2] | |||||
| Imperial consort of the Ottoman Empire | |||||
| Tenure | 1507 – 24 April 1512 | ||||
| Born |
c. 1492 Albania, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died |
c. 1561-2 (aged 66–67) Eski Palace, Beyazıt Square, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Burial | Gülfem Hatun Mosque, Istanbul | ||||
| Spouse | Bayezid II | ||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Gülfem Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: کلفام خاتون; c. 1492 – c. 1561-2) was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II (reign 1481–1512) of the Ottoman Empire.[3]
Life
Throughout Suleiman the Magnificent's reign (reign 1520–1566), she enjoyed a considerable status within the imperial harem, thus she is supposed by some authors to have been a concubine of Suleiman's or the stewardess of his harem[4] and received 150 aspers a day.[5]
In 1522 she commissioned a fountain in Yenişehir, and in 1524 another fountain in Manisa.[1] In September 1542, she commissioned a soup kitchen in Üsküdar.[6] In March 1543 she established the financial ground work to built a "timber frame mosque"[7][8] now known as the "Gülfem Hatun Mosque",[9] located near the soup kitchen. According to a local tradition, the mosque was intended for the use of women and opened to men only in recent times.[10][11] A school is also present near the mosque.[12]
She died in 1561-2, and was buried in her own mosque.[13]
In popular culture
- In the 2003 Turkish TV miniseries, Hürrem Sultan, Gülfem Hatun was played by Turkish actress Yasemin Kozanoğlu.
- In the 2011-2014 Turkish historical fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Gülfem was portrayed by Turkish actress Selen Özturk.
References
- 1 2 Uluçay 2011, p. 64.
- ↑ Haskan 2001, p. 969.
- ↑ Eroğlu 2004, p. 116 n. 63.
- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 302 n. 12.
- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 133.
- ↑ Haskan 2001, p. 986.
- ↑ Ostovich, Silcox & Roebuck, p. 65.
- ↑ Princeton 1997, p. 35.
- ↑ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 252-3.
- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 201.
- ↑ Ruggles 2000, p. 60.
- ↑ Haskan 2001, p. 911.
- ↑ Uluçay 2011, p. 65.
Sources
- Eroğlu, Haldun (2004). Osmanlı Devletinde Şehzadelik Kurumu. Akçağ.
- Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
- Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara, Ötüken.
- Ruggles, D. Fairchild (August 3, 2000). Women, Patronage, and Self-Representation in Islamic Societies. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-791-44470-2.
- Ostovich, Helen; Silcox, Mary V.; Roebuck, Graham (2008). The Mysterious and the Foreign in Early Modern England. Associated University Presse. ISBN 978-0-874-13954-9.
- Princeton Papers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Markus Wiener Publishers. 1997.
- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
- Haskan, Mehmed Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar Boyunca Üsküdar, Volume 2. Üsküdar Belediyesi. ISBN 978-9-759-76063-2.