Ferahşad Hatun ( "''Happiness''", also known as Muhtereme Hatun (, "''Honorable'', ''respectful''"), was a concubine of Sultan

Bayezid II Bayezid II (; ; 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid dynasty, Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated his throne ...

of the

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Life

Ferahşad entered in Bayezid's harem in 1484, and gave birth to Şehzade Mehmed, the last Bayezid's son, on 1486. Contemporary historian

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commented on his birth, by stating that he was a "substitute" (''bedel'') for his recently deceased half-brother, Şehzade Abdüllah (dead in 1483, son of

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). According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. Mehmed was sent to Kefe in 1490, and Ferahşad accompanied him. Following Mehmed's death in December 1504, she retired to

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. In retirement she made endowments in

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, and

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. She was buried in

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, Bursa.

Issue

Together with Bayezid, Ferahşad had one son: * Şehzade Mehmed (1484 - December 1504, buried in

). In 1504 he married a princess of the Giray khanate of Crimea, Ayşe Hatun (who would later be consort of his half-brother

Selim I Selim I (; ; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute (), was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is ...

) and had three children by an unknown mother, Fatma Sultan (1500 - 1566), Şehzade Alemşah and Şehzade Mehmed (1505, posthumously - 1513, killed by Selim I).

References

External links

Biography of Muhtereme Hatun in Turkish
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