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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Âsûde Hâtun — Sultân Hâtun

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 18 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya vâlîsi Şehzâde Sultân Ahmed bin Sultân Bâyezîd-i Sânî halîlesidir. Sultân Ahmed’in vefâtına kadar Amasya’da otuz yıldan ziyâde şâhâne oturdu. Sultân Ahmed’in ihnâkında [24] (918) Bursa’ya nakledildi. Orada 927 sâline kadar ber-hayat idi ba’dehû vefât etdi. 927 rebiülevvel târîhli ele geçen enderûn defterinde “Vâlide-i Sultân Murâd bin Sultân Ahmed” diye yazılı görüldü. Bursa’da mekteb ve evkâfı vardır.

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In Modern English

She was the wife of Prince Sultan Ahmed, governor of Amasya and son of Sultan II. Bayezid. She lived a court life in Amasya for more than thirty years, until the death of Sultan Ahmed. When Sultan Ahmed was strangled (918) [1512-13], she was transferred to Bursa. She stayed alive there until 927 [1521] and then died. In an enderun register dated Rebiülevvel 927 that came to hand, she was seen recorded as "mother of Sultan Murad, son of Sultan Ahmed". She has a school and endowments in Bursa.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • halîle: wife, lady
  • şâhâne oturdu: lived a court life
  • ihnâk: having someone strangled, killing by strangulation
  • ber-hayât: alive
  • enderûn defteri: records of the palace's inner service
  • evkâf: waqfs

Prince Ahmed and His Family

Prince Ahmed was born in Amasya around 1466 and served in the sanjak of Amasya for years. In the struggle for the throne that he entered with his brother Selim during the lifetime of their father II. Bayezid, he was defeated at Yenişehir in 1513 and put to death; his grave is at the Muradiye in Bursa. This event, which Hüsameddin calls "strangling" (ihnâk), is generally described in the sources as an execution. The date 918 in the entry corresponds to this event.

In some sources Sittişah Hatun is mentioned as Prince Ahmed's wife, and Prince Murad is counted among their sons. Whether the "Sultan Hatun" whom Hüsameddin names as Murad's mother is the same person could not be verified in other sources. No information was found separately on her school and waqfs in Bursa either. Bülbül Hatun, the mother of Prince Ahmed, is known to have had waqfs in Amasya and Ladik; the hatun in the entry is a different person from her.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 18–18. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

Volume 6 contents