Gülbahar Hatun (wife of Mehmed II)

This article is about the First wife of Mehmed II. For the wife of Bayezid II, see Gülbahar Hatun II.
Not to be confused with Gülbahar Hatun II.
For other uses, see Gülbahar.
Gülbahar Hatun
کل بھار خاتون
Valide-i macide
Meliketü'l-Melikât
Tâcü'l-mükerremât
Fahrü'l-muazzamat
Fatihetü'l-maeyâmin ve'l hayrat [1]

The interior appearance of the tomb in Gülbahar's mausoleum at the Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.
Valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 3 May 1481 – 1492
Predecessor Emine Hatun
Successor Hafsa Sultan
Born c. 1432
Undetermined
Died 1492
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial Fatih Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse Fatih Sultan Mehmed
Issue Gevherhan Hatun
Bayezid II (possibly step-son)[2]
Religion Sunni Islam

Gülbahar Hatun (c. 1432–1492) was the Empress consort of Sultan Mehmed II, and mother[3] of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Life

She married Sultan Mehmed II in 1446 at Manisa.[4]

Origin

There have been differing views of her origin. The Ottoman inscription (vakfiye) describes her as Hātun bint-i Abdullah (Daughter of Abdullah), which means that her father was a convert to Islam. She was the real biological mother of Bayezid II.[1]

Issue

There are differing views of her issue:

According to custom, Gülbahar got the highest position as Valde Hatun in the imperial family after the sultan himself when her son, Bayezid II, ascended the throne in 1481 until her death in 1492.

In popular culture

In 2012 film, Fetih 1453, Gülbahar was portrayed by Şahika Koldemir.

Gülbahar's mausoleum at the Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.

Further reading

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 Necdet Sakaoğlu (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak publications. pp. 110–112. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6. (The name of the real biological mother of Bayezid II is given as Meliketû'l-Melikât Gül-Bahar Valide Hâtun).
  2. 1 2 Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, page 129, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2
  3. Diyanet İslâm Ansiklopedisi, p.234-238, vol: 5, 1992
  4. 1 2 The Imperial House of Osman - 3
  5. Edmonds, Anna (1997). Turkey's Religious Sites. Damko. p. 1997. ISBN 975-8227-00-9.
  6. Babinger, Franz (1992). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Princeton University Press. p. 51. ISBN 0-691-01078-1.
  7. Bozbora, Nuray (1997), Osmanlı yönetiminde Arnavutluk ve Arnavut ulusçuluğu'nun gelişimi, pp. 81–82
  8. Heath W. Lowry (1 February 2012). The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. SUNY Press. pp. 153–. ISBN 978-0-7914-8726-6. Mother of Bayezid II was Gülbahar Hatun (a Pontic Greek from the village of Douvera in Trabzon)
  9. Sultan II. Bayezid Han, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, retrieved 6 February 2009
  10. Necdet Sakaoğlu (2007). Famous Ottoman women. Avea. p. 69. The graves of Gül-Bahars are very well khown. First one - Gülbahar Hatun I is in Fatih Mosque in Istanbul and the second one - Gülbahar Hatun II is in Gül-Bahar Hatun Mosque in Trabzon. Only the grave of Aisha Hatun, who was the Fourth wife of Bayezid II and the daughter of Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey, the eleventh ruler of the Dulkadirids centered around Elbistan in Kahramanmaraş, is unknown. We do not have any documents about Aisha Hatun." He supports the theory of "Aisha Gulbahar". Another reason for this confusion is that Bayezid's mother was also Gulbahar.
Ottoman royalty
Preceded by
Emine Hatun
Valide Hatun
1481 – 1492
Succeeded by
Ayşe Hafsa
as Valide Sultan
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