Şirin Hatun (; "''sweet one''", dead in 1521) was a concubine of Sultan

Bayezid II Bayezid II (; ; 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid dynasty, Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated his throne ...

of the

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Life

Her origin is unknown, but the consorts of the Ottoman sultans were by custom normally concubines of Christian origin, who came to the

Ottoman Imperial harem The Imperial Harem () of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan's harem – composed of the concubines, wives, servants (both female slaves and eunuchs), female relatives and the sultan's concubines – occupying a secluded portion (serag ...

via the Ottoman slave trade, and converted to Islam and given a slave name after their arrival. Şirin entered Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya. She gave birth to Bayezid's eldest daughter Aynışah Sultan in 1463, and his eldest son Şehzade Abdullah in 1465 According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. In 1467–68, Şirin accompanied Abdullah, when was sent to

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, and then to

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in early 1470s. In 1480, the two returned to Manisa, and following the 1481 succession struggle to

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. The Sultan had granted her the village of Emakin in Mihaliç. She endowed two schools, one in Bursa, and the other in Mihaliç. She also built two mosques, one in Eynesil, and the other known as "Hatuniye Mosque" located inside Trabzon Castle in 1470. For her endowments, she allocated the villages of Kabacaağaç and Kadi in Şile, as well as four existing mills on Koca Dere Creek in Şile. After the death of Şehzade Abdullah in 1483, Şirin retired to

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. In retirement, she built a tomb for Abdullah, in which she and her daughter were also buried upon their death.

Issue

From Bayezid II, Şirin had a daughter and a son: * Aynışah Sultan (Amasya, 1463 - Bursa, 1514). She married Ahmed Beg in 1490 and had with him two daughters, Hanzade Hanimsultan and Neslihan Hanimsultan, and a son, Sultanzade Zeyneddin Bey. She was buried in Bursa with her mother and brother. *Şehzade Abdullah (Amasya; 1465 - Konya; 11 June 1483). Bayezid's first son, he died of unknown causes and was buried in Bursa. In 1480 he married his cousin Nergiszade Ferahşad Sultan (called also Nergisşah Ferahşah, she was the daughter of Şehzade Mustafa. She was buried in Bursa, in Şirin Hatun's mausoleum), and they had a son and two daughters: ** Şehzade ''Fülan'' (1481-1489). ** Aynışah Sultan (1482 - 1540), she married Ahmed Pasha. Buried in Şirin Hatun's mausoleum. ** Şahnisa Sultan (1484, born posthumously - 1540), she married firstly her cousin Şehzade Mehmed Şah (died in 1512, son of Şehzade Şehinşah, son of Bayezid II); secondly Mirza Mehmed Pasha (died in 1517, previously married with her aunt Fatma Sultan) and had a son, Sultanzade Şemsi Ahmed Pasha; eventually she married Nuri Bey.

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