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Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan
Ayşe Hümaşah SultanPeirce, L. (2018). ''Empress of the East: How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire''. Regno Unito: Icon Books. ( and 'Şah's phoenix'; 1541 – 1598/1604) was an Ottoman princess, the only daughter of Mihrimah Sultan and Rüstem Pasha (Grand Vizier 1544–53, 1555–61). She was the granddaughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566) and his legal wife Hürrem Sultan. Early life Ayşe Humaşah Sultan was born in 1541 in Istanbul. Her father was Rüstem Pasha, a devshirme from Croatia, and her mother was Mihrimah Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan. She was the only daughter of her parents, but she had at least a younger brother, Sultanzade Osman Bey. Like her cousin Hümaşah Sultan, she was reportedly beloved by her grandfather. A sign of her grandfather's favour towards her can be seen from her title: Ayşe Hümaşah was in fact titled ''Sultan'' as the daughters of the male members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semiz Ahmed Pasha
Semiz Ahmed Pasha (; 1492 – 27 April 1580) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 13 October 1579 until his death on 27 April 1580. Life Although not much is known about Semiz Ahmed Pasha's early life, born in 1492, he was reported to have been of Albanian origin. He succeeded Sokollu Mehmed Pasha as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire on 13 October 1579. Marriage and issue On 27 November 1557, Semiz Ahmed Pasha married Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan, daughter of Ottoman grand vizier Rüstem Pasha and Mihrimah Sultan, the only daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Sons *Sultanzade Mahmud Pasha (died 1602 buried in the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque) sanjak-bey of Kastamonu and Nakhchivan sanjak-bey of Şebinkarahisar; * Sultanzade Mehmed Bey (died 1593), sanjak-bey of Herzegovina; * Sultanzade Şehid Mustafa Pasha (died 1593), sanjak-bey of Klis; * Sultanzade Osman Bey (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanımsultan
Sultanzade is an Ottoman title for sons of sultana or imperial princesses, female descendants of sovereign in male line. The feminine equivalent is ''hanımsultan''. Term Sultan (سلطان) is a word of Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion" and '' -zade'' is a Persian suffix meaning 'son of', 'daughter of', 'descendant of', or 'born of'. Sultanzade literally meaning "descendant of sultan". Usage in Ottoman family In the Ottoman family, sultanzade was used by sons of Ottoman princesses, female descendants of a sovereign in the male line. Different with şehzades, sultanzades were excluded from the Ottoman imperial succession. The formal way of addressing sultanzades are ''Sultanzade'' (given name) ''Bey-Efendi'', i.e. ''Sir'' Prince Sultan (given name). Bey (Ottoman Turkish: باي) is a Turkish title for chieftain, traditionally applied to the leaders (for men) of small tribal groups. Effendi, Effendy, or Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: افندي) is a tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gevherhan Sultan (daughter Of Selim II)
Gevherhan Sultan (, "''Gem of the Khan''"; sometimes wrote as Gevhermülük Sultan; 1544 – 1624) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Selim II (reign 1566–1574) and his favorite Nurbanu Sultan. She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–66) and Roxelana, Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–95) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595–1603). Early life Gevherhan Sultan was born in Manisa in 1544. Her father was Şehzade Selim (future Selim II), son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and Hurrem Sultan. She spent her early life in Manisa and Konya, where her father served as a sanjak-bey. Her mother was Nurbanu Sultan, Selim’s favorite concubine and his future Haseki Sultan and legal wife. She had an older sister, Şah Sultan (daughter of Selim II), Şah Sultan, two younger sisters, Ismihan Sultan and Fatma Sultan (daughter of Selim II), Fatma Sultan, a younger brother, Murad III, and seven younger half-brother who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handan Sultan
Handan Sultan (; /1568 – 9 November 1605) was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III, and mother and Valide Sultan to their son Sultan Ahmed I. She acted as '' de facto'' regent during her tenure from 1603 to 1605. Handan Sultan was one of the prominent women during the era known as the Sultanate of Women and lived during the reign of three ottoman Sultans: Murad III, Mehmed III and Ahmet I. Early life According to the Venetian bailo Francesco Contarini, Handan was of Bosnian origin. She was an enslaved servant in the household of Cerrah Mehmed Pasha, the Beylerbey of the Rumelia Eyalet, and his wife Gevherhan Sultan, daughter of Sultan Selim II, sister of Sultan Murad III, and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III. Mehmed Pasha was a surgeon ("cerrah") and had circumcised Şehzade Mehmed in 1582. In 1583, Prince Mehmed (later Sultan Mehmed III), was appointed the sancak-bey of Saruhan, and as a parting gift, Mehmed Pasha and Gevherhan Sultan, decided to gift Handan, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safiye Sultan (mother Of Mehmed III)
Safiye Sultan (; 1550 – ''post'' 1619) was the Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Sultan Murad III and Valide Sultan as the mother of Mehmed III. Safiye was one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women. She lived in the Ottoman Empire as a courtier during the reigns of at least seven sultans: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, Murad III, Mehmed III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I and Osman II. After the death of Selim II in 1574, Murad took the throne as the new sultan in Constantinople. Safiye was by his side and moved with him to Topkapi Palace; less than a year into his reign she received the title of Haseki Sultan and was given a higher rank than the sultan's own sisters, Şah Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan, Ismihan Sultan and Fatma Sultan. Nurbanu Sultan, Murad's mother, was upset with Safiye's influence on Murad, and wanted to replace her with another concubines of the harem. She even led a faction in the court from 1577 to 1580 in opposition to her mother- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed I
Ahmed I ( '; ; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide; henceforth, Ottoman rulers would no longer systematically execute their brothers upon accession to the throne. He is also well known for his construction of the Blue Mosque, one of the most famous mosques in Turkey. Early life Ahmed was born at the Manisa Palace, Manisa, probably on 18 April 1590, when his father Mehmed was still a prince and the governor of the Sanjak of Manisa. His mother was Handan Sultan. After his grandfather Murad III's death in 1595, his father came to Constantinople and ascended the throne as Sultan Mehmed III. Mehmed ordered the execution of his nineteen half brothers. Ahmed's elder brother Şehzade Mahmud was also executed by his father Mehmed on 7 June 1603, just before Mehmed's own death on 22 December 1603. Mahmud was buried along with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above sea level. Its metropolitan population in 2022 was 2.4million, making it the List of cities in Saudi Arabia by population, third-most populated city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. Around 44.5% of the population are Saudis, Saudi citizens and around 55.5% are Muslim world, Muslim foreigners from other countries. Pilgrims more than triple the population number every year during the Pilgrimage#Islam, pilgrimage, observed in the twelfth Islamic calendar, Hijri month of . With over 10.8 million international visitors in 2023, Mecca was one of the ten List of cities by international visitors, most visited cities in the world. Mecca is generally considered "the fountainhead and cradle of Islam". Mecca is revered in Islam as the birthp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajj
Hajj (; ; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for capable Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey, and of supporting their family during their absence from home. In Islamic terminology, Hajj is a pilgrimage made to the Kaaba, the "House of Allah", in the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, alongside (oath that one believes there is no god but Allah), (prayer), (almsgiving), and (fasting during Ramadan). The Hajj is an annual practice when Muslim brotherhood is on display and their solidarity with fellow Muslim people and submission to God (Allah) is fulfilled. The Hajj is taken by Muslims to cleanse their souls of all worldly sins, which connotes both the outward act of a journey after death and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurbanu Sultan
Nurbanu Sultan (; 1525 – 7 December 1583) was Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and legal wife of Sultan Selim II (reign 1566–1574), as the mother of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–1583) and the Valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to till her death in 1583. She was one of the most prominent figures during the time of the Sultanate of Women. Theories about her origin There are several theories about the ethnic roots of Nurbanu. Although no theory is definitively demonstrated, the theory of Venetian origins is both the best known and the most accredited and which receives the greatest consensus among historians. ''Cecilia Venier-Baffo'' In 1900, Emilio Spagni claimed that she was a Venetian patrician, illegitimate daughter of Nicolò Venier and Violante Baffo, abducted on Paros when it was captured by Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa in the Third Ottoman-Venetian War. The opinion that Nurbanu Sultan was Cecilia Venier-Baffo has been followed by Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safiye Sultan (wife Of Murad III)
Safiye Sultan (; 1550 – ''post'' 1619) was the Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Sultan Murad III and Valide Sultan as the mother of Mehmed III. Safiye was one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women. She lived in the Ottoman Empire as a courtier during the reigns of at least seven sultans: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, Murad III, Mehmed III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I and Osman II. After the death of Selim II in 1574, Murad took the throne as the new sultan in Constantinople. Safiye was by his side and moved with him to Topkapi Palace; less than a year into his reign she received the title of Haseki Sultan and was given a higher rank than the sultan's own sisters, Şah Sultan (daughter of Selim II), Şah Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan (daughter of Selim II), Gevherhan Sultan, Ismihan Sultan and Fatma Sultan (daughter of Selim II), Fatma Sultan. Nurbanu Sultan, Murad's mother, was upset with Safiye's influence on Murad, and wanted to replace her with another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques De Germigny
Jacques de Germigny was French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1579 to 1585. He succeeded to Gilles de Noailles as ambassador. He was sent to the Ottoman Empire by Henry III of France. He was succeeded by Jacques Savary de Lancosme. During his tenure, the Ottoman ambassador Ali Aga, went to France to visit Henry III of France and bring him the renewal of the Franco-Ottoman Capitulations. See also * Franco-Ottoman alliance The Franco-Ottoman alliance, also known as the Franco-Turkish alliance, was an alliance established in 1536 between Francis I of France, Francis I, King of France and Suleiman the Magnificent, Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire. The strategic and s ... Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Germigny, Jacques de Ambassadors of France to the Ottoman Empire 16th-century French diplomats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapudan Pasha
The Kapudan Pasha (, modern Turkish: ), also known as the (, modern: , "Captain of the Sea") was the grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy. Typically, he was based at Galata and Gallipoli during the winter and charged with annual sailings during the summer months. The title of ''Kapudan Pasha'' itself is only attested from 1567 onwards; earlier designations for the supreme commander of the fleet include (" bey of the sea") and ("head captain"). The title ''Derya Bey'' as an official rank within the Ottoman state structure originated during the reign of Bayezid I (). Following the 1453 conquest of Constantinople, Mehmed II raised Baltaoğlu Süleyman Bey to the status of sanjak bey for his efforts against the Byzantines in the Golden Horn.Shaw, Stanford J''History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey'' Vol. 1, pp. 131 ff. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge), 1976. Accessed 12 Sept 2011. Baltaoğlu received the sanjak of Gallipoli (the principal Turkish naval base) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
