Nigar Hatun
The mausoleum of Nigar Hatun is located inside the Yivliminare Mosque, Antalya
DiedMarch 1503
Antalya, Ottoman Empire
Burial
SpouseBayezid II
IssueAyşe Sultan
Sofu Fatma Sultan
Şehzade Korkut
ReligionSunni Islam

Nigar Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: نکار خاتون, "Lovely" or "Artistic beauty"; died March 1503) was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Nigar entered in Bayezid's harem when Bayezid was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya. She gave birth to three children, a son, Şehzade Korkut in 1467 or in 1469,[1][2][3] and daughters, Fatma Sultan[4][5][6] and Ayşe Sultan.[7] With Korkud's birth, she acquired a greater status within the royal household.[8]

According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. Korkud was first appointed to Tire in 1483. The mother and son, along with his newly formed retinue were provisioned in Grand Vizier Ishak Pasha's palace.[9] Nigar's daily stipend consisted of 50 akçe (silver coin).[10] In late 1490s, she accompanied him to Manisa, [11] and then to Antalya in 1502.[12][1][6]

Issue

From Bayezid II, Nigar had two daughters and a son:

Death

Nigar Hatun died in March[12] 1503,[14] and was buried in her own mausoleum, which she had built in 1502, just a year before her death at Yivliminare Mosque, Antalya.[15][16][6]

After her death, Korkud made an endowment in the memory of his mother in a small town named Istanos on the Teke Peninsula.[12] In 1509–10, her daughter Fatma, also made an endowment at Eşrefoğlu Rûmî for the sake of her soul.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "KORKUT, Şehzade (ö. 919/1513): Osmanlı şehzadesi". İslam Ansiklopedisi. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 46.
  3. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 190.
  4. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 49.
  5. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 195.
  6. ^ a b c Uluçay, M. Çağatay. BAYAZID II. IN ÂILESI. pp. 108–9, 113, 120.
  7. ^ Alderson, 1956, table XXVIII
  8. ^ Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 51 n. 9.
  9. ^ Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 70.
  10. ^ Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 71.
  11. ^ Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 73.
  12. ^ a b c Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 84.
  13. ^ According to some minor sources, she was instead the daughter of Bülbül Hatun.
  14. ^ Tarih arastirmalari dergisi, Volumes 21-23. Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi. 2003. p. 25.
  15. ^ Gezginin Rehberi. Dünya-Aktüel A.Ş. 1987. p. 56.
  16. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 191.
  17. ^ Al-Tikriti 2004, p. 55.

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