AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Esmâ Hân Sultan (Hânım Sultan)

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 298 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Amasya vâlisi Şehzâde Sultân Alâeddîn Ali Bey bin Şehzâde Sultân Ahmed Hân bin Sultân Bâyezîd Hân-ı Sânî kerîmesi ve Sofuzâde Ahmed Paşa halîlesidir. Amasya’da doğdu. 918’de İstanbul’a nakledildi. [112] 933’de Sofuzâde Ahmed Paşa’ya tezvîc edilip 958’de Belgrad’da vefât etdi. Kerîmesi Neslihan Hânım Amasyalı ümerâdan Pîr Hüseyin Bey ile evlenmişdir.

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In Modern English

She was from Amasya. She was the daughter of Şehzade Sultan Alâeddîn Ali Bey, governor of Amasya, son of Şehzade Sultan Ahmed Khan, son of Sultan Bayezid Khan II, and the wife of Sofuzâde Ahmed Pasha. She was born in Amasya. In 918 [1512-13] she was taken to Istanbul. In 933 [1526-27] she was married to Sofuzâde Ahmed Pasha, and she died at Belgrade in 958 [1551]. Her daughter Neslihan Hanım married Pîr Hüseyin Bey, one of the beys of Amasya.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • kerîme: daughter
  • halîle: wife, lady
  • nakledilmek: to be moved from one place to another
  • tezvîc edilmek: to be given in marriage
  • ümerâ: beys, emirs
  • Hân-ı Sânî: the second khan, that is, Bayezid II

Şehzade Ahmed's Amasya

Hanım Sultan's grandfather Şehzade Ahmed was a son of Bayezid II and served as sanjak bey in Amasya. Although it was not official, he was generally regarded as the heir to the throne in his father's last years. He is known as a poet and scholar, he supported the arts, and poets such as Mihrî Hatun were part of his circle. Amasya was then the main city to which princes were sent to gain experience in government, and the princely palace was the scene of a lively cultural life. The sources record that several of the sons of Ahmed, who entered into a struggle for the throne with his brother Selim, were killed by Selim in 1512-13. Hanım Sultan's removal from Amasya to Istanbul in 918 [1512-13] coincides with these turbulent years. The text gives no reason; that the reason was these events is an inference.

Graves in Amasya

Osman, one of Şehzade Ahmed's sons, is recorded as buried in the Sultan Bayezid Mosque in Amasya, and his wife Gülçiçek Hatun as buried in Amasya as well. Some members of the family lie in Amasya, others in Cairo and elsewhere. The place of Esmâ Hân's grave is not given in the sources.

Who Her Father Was

The text calls the father "Şehzade Sultan Alâeddîn Ali Bey." Among Şehzade Ahmed's sons, two princes named Alâeddin and Ali are listed separately. Alâeddin, while sanjak bey of Bolu, died of the plague in Cairo in 1513; he is recorded as having a daughter, who married Sunullah Bey, sanjak bey of Kastamonu. Ali was born in 1499 and was killed by Selim in 1513. Hüsameddin's joining of the two names into "Alâeddîn Ali Bey" may be a mistake, or it may come from the father having a double name. No information was found in other sources that Esmâ Hân was born in Amasya or that she married Sofuzâde Ahmed Pasha as a prince's daughter.

Connections in Hüsameddin's Book

The Pîr Hüseyin Bey named in the last sentence of the entry may be the same person as the Pîr Hüseyin Bey mentioned in another entry of the same volume as the father of Derviş Bey, sanjak bey of Amasya; the text does not say so explicitly, but in both places he appears as a bey of Amasya. If so, Esmâ Han's daughter became the daughter-in-law of a family that had held the sanjak governorship of Amasya. This is an inference.

What Could Not Be Verified

No information was found in the sources read on Esmâ Hân Sultan, her husband Sofuzâde Ahmed Pasha or her daughter Neslihan Hanım. The dates of her birth, her removal to Istanbul, her marriage and her death rest on Hüsameddin's record.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 298. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

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