Şehzade Korkut

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Korkut, the title is Şehzade, and there is no family name.
Şehzade Korkut
Bornc. 1469
House of Osman
FatherBayezid II
MotherNigar Hatun
ReligionSunni Islam
Qur'an copied by Şehzade Korkut in Sakıp Sabancı Museum. This manuscript is the only known example of his calligraphy and a proof, that if "Had Prince Korkut lived longer, he would undoubtedly have become one of Sheikh Hamdullah noted followers".[2]

Şehzade Korkut (

Ottoman Turkish: شاهزاده کورکوت; c. 1469 – 13 March 1513) was an Ottoman prince who was for a short time the regent for the Ottoman throne. He was the son of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II
.

Early life

Although it is stated that he was born in

Mehmed II sent Korkut to Istanbul with his other brothers to be circumcised. After the death of his grandfather he was a short term regent before his father arrived at the capital.[1] He was "the most beloved grandchild" of Sultan Mehmed, "who saw to it that Prince Korkut received the most rigorous education in his palace".[2] He wrote six highly regarded works on religious subjects and a collection of poems, and also composed musical works.[2]

As a governor

According to Ottoman tradition, all princes (

Knights Hospitalier
attacked his ship and attempted to capture him, but Korkut managed to escape from the knights and return home safely.

Beginning of the interregnum

Beyazıt was now old and ailing. Korkut decided to move to Manisa to be closer to the capital. During this travel, a part of his treasury was raided by the rebels of

Şehzade Ahmet and Selim I
).

Death

Selim I (known as Yavuz) became the new sultan in 1512. Korkut readily accepted his brother's reign. Nevertheless, distrustful Selim decided to test his loyalty by sending him fake letters from various bureaucrats of the empire that attempted to encourage him to take part in a rebellion against Selim. Feeling that Korkut was preparing to revolt, Selim had Korkut executed in 1513 near Emet (around Kütahya in Turkey). He was buried in Bursa.

Issue

The names of Şehzade Korkut's concubines are not known, but he must have had at least two, since he had two sons (at the time there was a rule that stated that a concubine could only have one son before being estranged from a prince or Sultan's bed).

Sons

Şehzade Korkut had two sons, both of whom died infants. Their names and dates of birth and death are unknown.

Daughters

Şehzade Korkut had at least two daughters:

  • Fatma Sultan (?–?). She married Ali Bey.
  • Ferahşad Sultan (?–?). She first married Malkocoglu Ali Bey and then in second marriage Mehmed Bey Efendi.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-97-53-89406-7
    .
  2. ^ a b c M. Uğur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Istanbul, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, p. 50
  3. ^ .Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, Istanbul, 1991 pp. 220–227
  4. ^ Joseph von Hammer: Osmanlı Tarihi cilt I (condensation: Mehmet Ata-Abdülkadir Karahan), Milliyet yayınları, Istanbul. p. 243
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