Ümmügülsüm Sultan
Bornc. 1677
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died9 May 1720 (aged 42-43)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, New Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse
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(m. 1693)​
IssueMihrişah Hanımsultan
Hatice Hanımsultan
Fatma Hanımsultan
DynastyOttoman
FatherMehmed IV
MotherEmetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Ümmügülsüm Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ام کلثوم سلطان‎; "mother with rosed face" and "beloved rose" or "silver rose"; c. 1677 - 9 May 1720), called also Ümmi Sultan or Gülsüm Sultan, was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Mehmed IV, and his Haseki Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan. She was the sister of Sultans Mustafa II and Ahmed III.

Early life

Ümmügülsüm Sultan, called also Ümmi Sultan or Gülsüm Sultan, was born in 1677 circa as daughter of Mehmed IV and his Haseki Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan.[1] She had two full brothers, Mustafa II and Ahmed III, and three full sisters, Hatice Sultan, Ayşe Sultan and Fatma Emetullah Sultan.[2][3]

Marriage

Her father was deposed in 1687, and so was unable to arrange a marriage for her. And so her uncle who loved her very much, Sultan Ahmed II arranged her marriage to Silahdar Çerkes Osman Pasha. The wedding took place on 15 December 1693 in the Edirne Palace. Her dowry was fixed to 600,000 kuruş.[4][5] The wedding was also attended by Sultan Ahmed's consort Rabia Sultan.[6] The couple were given Sinan Pasha Palace as their residence. The two together had three daughters, Mihrişah Hanımsultan, Hatice Hanımsultan and Fatma Hanımsultan.[4][5]

Her daughter Hatice Hanımsultan died in 1698, her other daughter Mihrişah Hanımsultan died in 1701 they both were buried in New Mosque. Only Fatma survived after infancy.[4]

Death

Ümmügülsüm Sultan died on 9 May 1720 of smallpox, before her forty birthday, and was buried in the mausoleum of her grandmother at Mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, New Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. [4][1]

See also

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 384. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  2. ↑ Uluçay 2011, p. 110.
  3. ↑ Uluçay 1992, p. 110.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Uluçay 2011, p. 111.
  5. 1 2 Uluçay 1992, p. 111.
  6. ↑ Agha 2012, p. 1527-28.

Sources

  • Agha, Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed (2012). ZEYL-İ FEZLEKE (1065-22 Ca.1106 / 1654-7 Şubat 1695).
  • Agha, Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed (2001). Nusretnâme: Tahlil ve Metin (1106-1133/1695-1721).
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1992). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevı. ISBN 978-9-751-60461-3.
  • Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken.
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