Gülfem Hatun
Lady in waiting of Süleyman I's Imperial Harem
Died1561–62
Burial
Gülfem Hatun Mosque, Istanbul
ReligionSunni Islam

Gülfem Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: کلفام خاتون; "rose mouth", died c. 1562) was a lady-in-waiting to Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–1566).

Life

Throughout Suleiman the Magnificent's reign (reign 1520–1566), she enjoyed a considerable status within the imperial harem. She received 150 aspers a day,[1] but historians are divided on what her role was: according to some, she was a high-ranking lady in the administration of the harem, according to others she was one of the consorts of Süleyman and mother of Şehzade Murad (and/or Raziye Sultan), and who, after death of her son, she became a lady-in-waiting and hostess of the harem by virtue of her qualities and closeness to the sultan, instead of being exiled to the province as tradition.[2]

In September 1542, she commissioned a soup kitchen in Üsküdar.[3] In March 1543 she established the financial ground work to build a "timber frame mosque"[4][5] now known as the "Gülfem Hatun Mosque",[6] located near the soup kitchen. According to a local tradition, the mosque was intended for the use of women and opened to men only in recent times.[7][8] A school is also present near the mosque.[9]

She died in 1561–62, and was buried in her own mosque.[10]

  • In the 2003 Turkish TV miniseries, Hürrem Sultan, Gülfem Hatun was played by Turkish actress Yasemin Kozanoğlu.
  • In the 2011–2014 Turkish historical fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Gülfem was portrayed by Turkish actress Selen Özturk.

References

  1. ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 133.
  2. ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 302 n. 12.
  3. ↑ Haskan 2001, p. 986.
  4. ↑ Ostovich, Silcox & Roebuck 2008, p. 65.
  5. ↑ Brummett 1997, p. 35.
  6. ↑ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 252-3.
  7. ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 201.
  8. ↑ Ruggles 2000, p. 60.
  9. ↑ Haskan 2001, p. 911.
  10. ↑ Uluçay 2011, p. 65.

Sources

  • Brummett, Palmira (Spring 1997). "New Woman and Old Nag: Images of Women in the Ottoman. Cartoon Space". Princeton Papers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Markus Wiener Publishers. VI.
  • Haskan, Mehmed Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar Boyunca Üsküdar, Volume 2. Üsküdar Belediyesi. ISBN 978-9-759-76063-2.
  • Ostovich, Helen; Silcox, Mary V.; Roebuck, Graham (2008). The Mysterious and the Foreign in Early Modern England. Associated University Presse. ISBN 978-0-874-13954-9.
  • Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Minecraft Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
  • Ruggles, D. Fairchild (August 3, 2000). Women, Patronage, and Self-Representation in Islamic Societies. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-791-44470-2.
  • 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.
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