Şehzade Ahmed (son of Bayezid II)
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Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ احمد |
Şehzade Ahmed (
Background
Ahmed was the oldest living son of
He became known as a poet and scholar, as well as a patron of the arts: his circle included, among others, the poetess Mihri Hatun.
Siblings
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Ahmed had two living half-brothers. Of the two, Korkut was governing in Antalya and Selim (future sultan Selim I, known as Yavuz) in Trabzon. Custom dictated that whoever first reached Istanbul after the death of the previous sultan had the right to ascend to throne (although disagreements over who had arrived first very often led to civil wars between the brothers, most prominently displayed in the Ottoman Interregnum), so the distances from the sanjaks to Istanbul more or less determined the succession and usually whoever the previous sultan favored the most as his successor. In this respect, Ahmed was the most fortunate because his sanjak was the closest to Istanbul.
Although Selim's son
Şahkulu Rebellion
While
Capturing Konya
Hearing about Selim's defeat by their father, Ahmed declared himself as the sultan of Anatolia and began fighting against one of his nephews (whose father had already been dead). He captured Konya, and although his father Beyazıt asked him to return to his sanjak, he insisted on ruling in Konya. He also attempted to capture the capital; but he failed because the soldiers blocked his way, declaring their preference for a more able sultan. Selim then returned from Crimea, forced Bayazit to abdicate the throne in favor of himself, and was crowned as Selim I.[2][3]
Defeat and death
Ahmed continued to control a part of Anatolia in the first few months of Selim's reign. Finally, the forces of Selim and Ahmed fought a battle near Yenişehir, Bursa on April 24, 1513. Ahmed's forces were defeated; he was arrested and executed shortly after.
Family
Consorts
Ahmed had at least seven consorts. Three of them are know:
- Sittişah Hatun, mother of Şehzade Osman;[4][5]
- Gülçiçek Hatun (buried in Amasya)[6][7]
- Bülbül Hatun[8]
Sons
Ahmed had at least seven sons:
- Şehzade Süleyman (died of Plague, 24 April 1513, Cairo, buried in Havşi Sultan Mosque), governor of Koca, and Çorum 1509 – 1513,[9] he had two daughters; one of them was:
- Hundihan Sultan;[10]
- Şehzade Alaeddin (died of Plague, 14 May 1513, Cairo, buried in Havşi Sultan Mosque), governor of Bolu 1509 – 1513,[9] married his cousin Neslişah Hanımsultan, the daughter of his aunt Aynışah Sultan, and Ahmed Beg,[9] and they had one daughter:
- Hvandi Sultan, married to Sunullah Bey, governor of Kastamonu;[11]
- Şehzade Osman (killed by Selim I, 14 April 1513, Amasya,[9][12] buried in Sultan Bayezid Mosque, Amasya) - with Sittişah Hatun, governor of Osmancık 1509 – 1513;[9]
- Şehzade Murad (1495 - c. 1519, died of natural causes, Ardabil, buried near Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili), governor of Bolu. He had two sons and one daughter:
- Şehzade Ali (1499 - 1513, killed by Selim I)[9]
- Şehzade Mehmed (1500 - 1513, killed by Selim I)[9]
- Şehzade Kasım (c. 1501 – killed by Selim I, 30 January 1518, Cairo, buried in Havşi Sultan Mosque)[9]
Daughters
Ahmed had at least four daughters:
- Kamerşah Sultan, married, in 1508 to Damad Mustafa Bey, governor of Midilli, and son of Iskender Pasha;[14][15]
- Fatma Sultan, married, in 1508 to Sultanzade Mehmed Bey, Ser-ulufeciyan (head of the Janissary Cavalry Corps), son of Damad Koca Davud Pasha and of an unnamed Ahmed's half-sister;[14][15]
- Fahrihan Sultan, married, in 1508 to Damad Suleiman Bey, Silahdar (keeper of the sword);[15]
- Hanzade Sultan, married to Damad Ahmed Bey;[13]
In popular culture
A fictionalized version of Ahmed appears as the main antagonist in the video game
References
- ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 pp 226-231
- ^ Joseph von Hammer: Geschichte der osmanischen Dichtkunst (condensation Mehmet Ata) Millitet yayınları, İstanbul pp 229-236
- ISBN 975-6480-19-X, p.263-264
- ^ Yardımcı, İlhan (1976). Bursa tarihinden çizgiler ve Bursa evliyaları. Yürdav Basım, Yayım. p. 38.
- ^ Demirel, Hâle (2006). MAHKEME SİCİLLERİNE GÖRE XVI. YÜZYIL İLK YARISINDA BURSA VAKIFLARI. p. 17.
- ^ Tarih incelemeleri dergisi - Volumes 11-12. Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi. 1996. p. 98.
- ^ Yasar, Hüseyin Hüsameddin; Yılmaz, Ali; Akkuş, Mehmet (1986). Amasya tarihi, Volume 1. Amasya Belediyesi kültür yayınları. pp. 99, 170.
- ^ Tarih incelemeleri dergisi - Volumes 11-12. Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi. 1996. p. 98.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Yelçe, Nevin Zeynep (2009). The Making of Sultan Süleyman: A Study of Process/es of Image-Making and Reputation Management. pp. 48–49, 64–65.
- ^ Dündar Günday (1974). Arşiv belgelerinde siyakat yazısı özellikleri ve divan rakamları. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. p. 64.
- ^ Göyünç, Nejat (1990). The Journal of Ottoman Studies: Ta'rih Başlıklı Mihasebe Defteri. p. 33.
- ^ a b c Al-Tikriti, Nabil Sirri (2004). Şehzade Korkud (ca. 1468-1513) and the Articulation of Early 16th Century Ottoman Religious Identity – Volume 1 and 2. pp. 95, 316–17.
- ^ a b Belgeler, Türk tarih belgeleri dergisi, Volumes 9-11. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. 1979. p. 49.
- ^ a b Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1985). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Türk Tarih Kurumu. pp. 51 n. 24, 46 n.16.
- ^ a b c Turan, Ebru (2009). The marriage of Ibrahim Pasha (ca. 1495-1536) - The rise of Sultan Süleyman's favourite to the grand vizierate and the politics of the elites in the early sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire. pp. 18–9 n. 61.