Ferahşad Hatun ( ota, فرخشاد خاتون "''Happiness''", also known as Muhtereme Hatun ( ota, محترمہ خاتون, "''Honorable'', ''respectful''"), was a consort of Sultan

Bayezid II Bayezid II ( ota, بايزيد ثانى, Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī, 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512, Turkish: ''II. Bayezid'') was the eldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, ...

of the

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Life

Ferahşad entered in Bayezid's harem in 1484, and gave birth to Şehzade Mehmed on 1486. Contemporary historian Kemalpaşazade commented on his birth, by stating that he was a "substitute" (''bedel'') for his recently deceased half-brother, Şehzade Abdullah. According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. Mehmed was sent to Kefe in 1490, and Ferahşad accompanied him. Following Mehmed's death in December 1504, she retired to

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. In retirement she made endowments in

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, and

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. She was buried in

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, Bursa.

Issue

Together with Bayezid, Ferahşad had one son: * Şehzade Mehmed (1486 - December 1504, buried in

). He was married to a princess of the Giray khanate of Crimea, presumably Ayşe Hatun (who would later be consort of his half-brother

Selim I Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite last ...

) and had two children by an unknow mother, Fatma Sultan (1500 - 1566) and Şehzade Mehmed (1505, posthumously - 1513, killed by Selim I).

References

External links

Biography of Muhtereme Hatun in Turkish
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatun, Ferahsad Muhtereme 16th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans