Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)

Ayşe Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عائشه سلطان; "the living one" or "womanly"; 10 October 1715 – 9 July 1775), also called Küçuk Ayşe,[1] was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III and his consort Musli Emine Kadın.

For other uses, see Ayşe Sultan.
Ayşe Sultan
Born10 October 1715
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died9 July 1775(1775-07-09) (aged 59)
Ortaköy Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Turhan Sultan Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
  • Kunduracızade Mehmed Pasha
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    (m. 1728; died 1738)​
  • Hatip Ahmed Pasha
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    (m. 1740; died 1748)​
  • Silahdar Mehmed Pasha
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    (m. 1758)​
IssueSecond marriage
Rukiye Hanımsultan
DynastyOttoman
FatherAhmed III
MotherMusli Emine Kadın
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

Birth

Ayşe Sultan was born on 10 October 1715 in the Topkapı Palace.[2] Her father was Sultan Ahmed III and her mother was Musli Emine Kadın (called also Muslıhe, Muslu or Musalli).[3] She had a younger full sister named Zübeyde Sultan.[4] At her birth, she was nicknamed Küçük Ayşe, meaning Ayşe "the younger", to distinguish her from her cousin Ayşe "the eldest" (Büyük Ayşe), daughter of Mustafa II.

Marriages

In 1728, when Ayşe Sultan was thirteen years old, Ahmed betrothed her to his swordbearer Kunduracızade Istanbullu Mehmed Pasha,[5][1] and appointed him the governor of Rumelia. The marriage contract was concluded on 28 September 1728, and the wedding took place on 4 October 1728 at the Topkapı Palace. The couple were given the Valide Kethüdası Mehmed Pasha Palace, located at Süleymaniye as their residence, but the marriage was consummated only in 1733. In 1730, the grand vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha was killed in the uprising of Patrona Halil and Ahmed III was deposed. Ayşe Sultan's husband, Mehmed Pasha, became the grand vizier in October 1730. He remained grand vizier until January 1731, after which he was appointed, the governor of Aleppo. He died in 1738.[6]

Following Mehmed Pasha's death, she married Hatip Ahmed Pasha, the son of grand vizier Topal Osman Pasha.[1] The wedding took place in 1740 at the Ortaköy Palace, while the marriage was consummated in December 1742 at the Demirkapı Palace. Ahmed Pasha was appointed the governor of Mora in 1744 and died in 1748. Ayşe had a daughter with him .[7]

Ten years after Ahmed Pasha's death, she married Silahdar Mehmed Pasha, the Sanjak Bey (provincial governor) of Tirhala.[8] This wedding took place on 16 January 1758 at the Hekimbaşı Palace. Her dowry was 5000 ducats.[9] Ayşe hated this husband and she refused to live with him in the same palace.

Following the death of Ayşe "the eldest" in 1752, her palace in Zeyrek was allocated to her.[9]

Death

Ayşe Sultan died on 9 July 1775 at the age of fifty-nine, at the Ortaköy Palace and was buried in Turhan Sultan's mausoleum, located at New Mosque at Istanbul.[8][10]

Issue

By her second marriage Ayşe Sultan had a daughter:

  • Rukiye Hanımsultan (1744 - 1780). She married Lalazade Nuri Bey.[11][9]

Charities and properties

There are two foundations in her name. The first of these dates to 1743.[12] The second foundation dating back to 1776, was made after her death.[12]

Her father had assigned her the palaces of Rami Pasha and Bahariye Palace (Mansion). She also owned lands and endowments in Izmit and Ankara.[1][10]

Ancestry

References
  1. Uluçay 2011, p. 135.
  2. Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Agha (2001). Nusretnâme: Tahlil ve Metin (1106-1133/1695-1721). p. 900.
  3. Uluçay 2011, p. 127.
  4. Şemʼdânî-zâde Fındıklılı, Süleyman Efendi (1976). Aktepe, M.Münir (ed.). Şemʼdânî-zâde Fındıklılı Süleyman Efendi târihi Mürʼiʼt-tevârih-Volume II A. Edebiyat Fakültesi Matbaası. p. 9.
  5. Duindam, Jeroen; Artan, Tülay; Kunt, Metin (August 11, 2011). Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires: A Global Perspective. BRILL. pp. 362, 363 n. 49. ISBN 978-9-004-20622-9.
  6. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 437.
  7. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 437-8.
  8. Uluçay 2011, p. 136.
  9. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 438.
  10. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 439.
  11. Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2008). Eyüp Sultan tarihi, Volume 1. Eyüp Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları. p. 355. ISBN 978-9-756-08704-6.
  12. Kala 2019, p. 129.

Sources
  • Kala, Eyüp (2019). Osmanlı Dönemi Hanım Sultan Vakıfları ve Sosyal Politika Uygulamaları.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  • Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
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