Hümaşah Sultan (daughter Of Şehzade Mehmed)
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Hümaşah Sultan (, "''phoenix of the Şah''"; 1543-1582), also known as Hüma Sultan, was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of
Şehzade Mehmed Şehzade Mehmed (; 1521 – 7 November 1543) was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxelana, Hürrem Sultan. He served as governor of Manisa. Early life Şehzade Mehmed was born in 1521 in the Old Palace, d ...
(1521–1543) and the granddaughter of Sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (; , ; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his own realm, was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultan between 1520 a ...
of the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
, and his favourite consort and legal wife
Hurrem Sultan Hürrem Sultan (; , "''the joyful one''"; 1505– 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana (), was the chief consort, the first Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and the mother ...
.


Early life

Hümaşah Sultan was born in
Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...
in 1543, where her father
Şehzade Mehmed Şehzade Mehmed (; 1521 – 7 November 1543) was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxelana, Hürrem Sultan. He served as governor of Manisa. Early life Şehzade Mehmed was born in 1521 in the Old Palace, d ...
served as
sanjakbey ''Sanjak-bey'', ''sanjaq-bey'' or ''-beg'' () was the title given in the Ottoman Empire to a bey (a high-ranking officer, but usually not a pasha) appointed to the military and administrative command of a district (''sanjak'', in Arabic '' liwa’' ...
. He was the eldest child of
Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (; , ; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his own realm, was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultan between 1520 a ...
and his consort Hürrem Sultan. She was her father’s only child, and her mother was a concubine, Aya Hatun. Following her father's death in 1543, shortly after her own birth, she was taken under the care of her grandmother Hürrem Sultan and moved to Constantinople. Like her cousin
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 Su ...
, daughter of Mihrimah Sultan (younger sister of Hümaşah's father), she was reportedly beloved by their grandfather, Sultan Suleiman, with whom she kept correspondence. Hümaşah, her cousin Ayşe, and her aunt Mihrimah would all imitate the communication style ushered in by her grandmother Hürrem, whose letters to the Sultan are known for their colourfulness, charm, and smoothness. She is regarded by historian Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay as one of the most influential women in the later years of Suleiman's reign. In 1563, she presented her cousin Şehzade Murad (future Sultan 
Murad III Murad III (; ; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Safavid Iran, Safavids. The long-inde ...
) with a concubine, who would go on to be  Safiye Sultan.


First marriage

Hümaşah's first husband was Ferhad Pasha. He had previously served as second Kapıcıbaşı. In 1553, he became the Agha of the Janissaries. In 1557-8, he was made the governor of Kastamonu Sanjak, and in 1564, he was made the third vizier. The marriage took place in 1566 in the Old Palace. The groom, in compliance with the law, walked on foot to the corner of the Old Palace with a scepter in his hand. Their palace was located in the precincts of the Old Palace and Bayezid II Mosque. The two together had four sons and five daughters, Hümaşah was widowed at Ferhad's death on 6 February 1575.


Second marriage

On 25 August 1575, six months after the death of Ferhad Pasha, Hümaşah married Lala Mustafa Pasha. Mustafa had been the tutor of her uncle, Sultan
Selim II Selim II (; ; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond () or Selim the Drunkard (), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sul ...
. She was his second wife. The two together had one son, Sultanzade Abdülbaki Bey. She widowed when her husband died on 7 August 1580.


Third marriage

In 1581, Hümaşah married the governor of Shahrizor Eyalet, Mehmed Pasha, the brother of the grand vizier Damat Ibrahim Pasha. He died in August 1581.


Death

She died in 1582, and was buried alongside her
father A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. A biological fat ...
and uncle,
Şehzade Cihangir Şehzade Cihangir (; 1531 – 27 November 1553) was an Ottoman prince, the sixth and youngest child of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxelana, Hürrem Sultan. Life Cihangir was born in 1531 in Constantinople during the reign of h ...
, in
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. She had a provision made, supported by ''vakfs'', that is, charitable foundations, so that the
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would be read for the sake of her soul.


Issue

Humaşah had four sons and five daughters by her first marriage with Ferhad Pasha: * Fatma Hanımsultan (1567 — 29 June 1588, buried in the Şehzade Mosque); the eldest child of Hümaşah Sultan, known also as Fatma Sultan in the harem registers. She was married in 1584 to the sanjakbey of
Kastamonu Kastamonu, formerly Kastamone/Castamone () and Kastamon/Castamon (), is a city in northern Turkey. It is the seat of Kastamonu Province and Kastamonu District.
Mehmed Bey (died August 1586), son of Mustafa Pasha, and the brother of grand vizier Damat Ibrahim Pasha, from whom she had a son, Hacı Pasha, who served as the beylerbey of
Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...
. * Sultanzade Mustafa Mehmed Bey (1569—1593); sanjakbey of
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,
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. He had a son, Süleyman Bey, who died in 1655. (died 1613, buried beside his father in his mausoleum in Eyüp); * Sultanzade Osman Bey (1571—1626); sanjakbey of
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, who died in 1636. * Sultanzade Hüseyin Bey. * Hatice Hanımsultan (buried in the Şehzade Mosque). She married Mustafa Bey, sanjak bey of Kastamonu in 1577, and had issue. * Three unnamed daughters. She had a son by her second marriage with Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha: * Sultanzade Abdülbaki Bey, who married Safiye Hanımsultan, daughter of his mother's cousin Ismihan Sultan (daughter of Sultan
Selim II Selim II (; ; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond () or Selim the Drunkard (), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sul ...
and Nurbanu Sultan)


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