Nigar Hatun (; ''lovely''; died March 1503) 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

Nigar entered in Bayezid's harem when Bayezid was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya. She gave birth to three children, two daughters, Ayşe Sultan and Fatma Sultan and a son,

Şehzade Korkut Şehzade Korkut (; – 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 Amasya in 1469, the ...

in 1469. With Korkut's birth, she acquired a greater status within the royal household. 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. Nigar's daily stipend consisted of 50 ''

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'' (silver coin). In late 1490s, she accompanied him to Manisa, and then to Antalya in 1502.

Issue

From

, Nigar had two daughters and a son: * Ayşe Sultan (Amasya, 1465 – Constantinople, 1515). She had two sons and five daughters. * Sofu Fatma Sultan (Amasya, 1468 – Bursa, after 1520). She married three times: before 1580 to Isfendiyaroğlu Mirza Mehmed Pasha, son of Kyzyl Ahmed Bey, with him she had a son, Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha (Governor of Balıkesir, he died in 1514 during the Chaldiran battle. He was married to his cousin Gevherhan Sultan, daughter of

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 ...

). The married ended with a divorce. Fatma remarried in 1489 to Mustafa Pasha, son of

Koca Davud Pasha Koca Davud Pasha (; 1446–1498) was an Ottoman Albanian general and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1482 to 1497, during the reign of Bayezid II. He became a '' damat'' ("bridegroom") to the Ottoman dynasty by marrying an Ottoman pri ...

. She widowed in 1503. Fatma married for the third time in 1504 to Güzelce Hasan Bey. With him she had two sons, Sultanzade Haci Ahmed Bey and Sultanzade Mehmed Celebi (who married his cousin Ayşe Sultan, daughter of Şehzade Alemşah), and a daughter (who married her cousin Ahmed Bey, son Ali Bey and Fatma Hanımsultan, daughter of

Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Bayezid II) Ayşe Sultan (, 1465 - 1515) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Bayezid II and one of his concubine, Nigar Hatun. Marriage Ayşe Sultan was born in Amasya in 1465, to Bayezid II, then Şehzade and governator of the region. Her m ...

. *

(Amasya, 1469 – Manisa, 10 March 1513). One of the main rivals of his half-brother Selim I for the throne was exiled and executed by him. He had two children who died as infants and two daughters.

Death

Nigar Hatun died in March 1503, and was buried in her own mausoleum, which she had built in 1502, just a year before her death at

Yivliminare Mosque Yivli Minaret Mosque () is a historic mosque located in Kaleiçi, the old town center of Antalya, Turkey. Situated along Cumhuriyet Street near Kalekapısı Square, it is one of the city’s most important landmarks. Its fluted brick minaret, a ...

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

. After her death, Korkud made an endowment in the memory of his mother in a small town named Istanos on the Teke Peninsula. In 1509–10, her daughter Fatma, also made an endowment at

Eşrefoğlu Rûmî Eşrefoğlu Abdullah Rûmî (d. 1469) was a Turkish poet and mystic of the early years of Ottoman Empire. His original name was Abdullah, but he was known as Ashrafoglu Rumi, Ashrafoglu meaning “son of Ashraf” and Rumi referring to being from ...

for the sake of her soul.

References

Sources

* * *{{cite book, first=Mustafa Çağatay , last=Uluçay, title=Padişahların kadınları ve kızları, location=Ankara , publisher=Ötüken, year=2011 , isbn=978-9-754-37840-5 15th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans 1503 deaths Concubines of Ottoman sultans 15th-century slaves in the Ottoman Empire 15th-century women from the Ottoman Empire