Emine Hatun

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Emine Hatun
Valide Hatun of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure1421 - 1444
PredecessorDevlet Hatun
SuccessorHüma Hatun
Second Tenure1446 - 1449
PredecessorHüma Hatun
SuccessorMara Hatun
BornElbistan, Dulkadirids
Died1449
Bursa
Burial
Hatuniye Camii, Muradiye Complex, Bursa
Spouse
(m. 1403; died 1421)
IssueMurad II
FatherNasir al-Dīn Mehmed
MotherKhadija Khatun
ReligionSunni Islam

Emine Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: امینه خاتون, "benign" or "trusthworthy"; died in 1449) was a consort of Sultan Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire.

Early life[edit]

Emine Hatun was born as a Dulkadirid princess, the daughter of Nasir al-Dīn Mehmed, fifth ruler of the Beylik of Dulkadir (reign 1399–1442) and his consort Khadija Khatun.[1][2][3][4] Her niece Sittişah Hatun, daughter of her brother Zülkadiroğlu Süleyman Bey, married Mehmed II in 1449.[5]

Marriage[edit]

In 1403,[6] when Mehmed had defeated his brother İsa Çelebi and İsfendiyar Bey, the ruler of the Isfendiyarids who had formed an alliance with each other, he returned to Rum, and decided to make some alliances of his own. While he was feasting in Tokat, Karamanid ruler Mehmed Bey sent his head military judge, and ambassadors also arrived from the realm of Dulkadirids. Relations were mended and animosity was removed. Then there was made peace and friendship between them. At that time, gifts and tokens of betrothal were sent to the Emine Hatun, who was thus engaged to the Sultan. Mehmed Çelebi's important marriage alliance with the ruler of the neighboring tribal confederation of Dulkadir, which was especially rich in horses and horsemen, demonstrates his continued emphasis on tribal politics.[7][8] The alliance proved a great value for Nasireddin Mehmed Bey. This not only gave Mehmed armed assistance in his campaign for empire, but was always ready to attack the eastern provinces of the Karamanid principality.[9]

Dispute over being Murad II's mother[edit]

The identity of Sultan Murad II's mother is disputed. According to historians İsmail Hami Danişmend, and Heath W. Lowry, his mother was Emine Hatun. However, according to 15th century historian Şükrullah, Murad's mother was a concubine. Hüseyin Hüsâmeddin Yasar, an early 20th century historian, wrote in his work Amasya Tarihi, that his mother was Şehzade Hatun, daughter of Divitdar Ahmed Pasha.[10][11][12][13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 27.
  2. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 77-8.
  3. ^ Vakfı 2002, p. 179.
  4. ^ Lambton 1988, p. 262-3.
  5. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 49.
  6. ^ Kastritsis 2007, p. 106.
  7. ^ Kastritsis 2007, p. 107.
  8. ^ Öztürk 2014.
  9. ^ Pitcher 1968, p. 60.
  10. ^ Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2015). Bu Mülkün Sultanları. Alfa Yayıncılık. p. 72. ISBN 978-6-051-71080-8.
  11. ^ "MURAD II (ö. 855/1451): Osmanlı padişahı (1421-1444, 1446-1451)". İslam Ansiklopedisi. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  12. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 27 n. 2.
  13. ^ Heath W. Lowry (2003). The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. Albany: SUNY Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7914-8726-6.

Sources[edit]

  • Kastritsis, Dimitris J. (2007). The Sons of Bayezid: Empire Building and Representation in the Ottoman Civil War of 1402-1413. BRILL. ISBN 978-9-004-15836-8.
  • Lambton, Ann K. S. (1988). Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-133-2.
  • Öztürk, Necdet (30 January 2014). Osmanlı Sosyal Hayatı. Işık Yayıncılık Ticaret. ISBN 978-6-055-12912-5.
  • Pitcher, Donald Edgar (1968). An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century. Brill Archive. ISBN 978-9-004-07929-8.
  • 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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