Şehzade Süleyman

Şehzade Süleyman
The tomb of Şehzade Süleyman is located inside the Ahmed I Mausoleum, Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
Bornc. 1613/1615
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died27 July 1635(1635-07-27) (aged 21–22)
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Ahmed I Mausoleum, Blue Mosque, Constantinople
Names
Turkish: Şehzade Süleyman bin Ahmed I
Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ سليمان
DynastyOttoman
FatherAhmed I
MotherMahfiruz Hatun
or
Kösem Sultan
ReligionSunni islam

Şehzade Süleyman (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده سليمان‎; c. 1613/1615 – 27 July 1635) was an Ottoman prince and the son of Sultan Ahmed I. He was the half-brother of Murad IV and Ibrahim, and full-brother of Osman II.

Life

Şehzade Süleyman was born between 1613 and 1615 in Topkapı Palace to Sultan Ahmed I. His mother was Mahfiruz Hatun, Ahmed's first consort[1][2][3] [4][5]

After Murad IV’s accession in 1623, Süleyman was confined in the Kafes.[6][7]

Death

In 1635, Süleyman, and his brother Bayezid were executed during the celebrations over the victory at Erivan.[8] The orders were given by Murad IV, the cause of Süleyman's execution is unknown. It was most likely that he was found favored on the throne by Murad's opponents and rivals that wanted to overthrown him.

After his death, he was buried in his father Ahmed I's mausoleum in the Blue Mosque.

References

  1. ^ Güler Eren, Kemal Çiçek, Cem Oğuz (1999). Osmanlı: Kültür ve sanat. 10 (in Turkish). Yeni Türkiye Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-6782-03-3. ...başka Mehmed , Süleyman , Bayezid ve Hüseyni adlı 4 şehzade doğmuştur...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Aylin Görgün-Baran (2016). "A Woman Leader in Ottoman History: Kösem Sultan (1589–1651)". In Şefika Şule Erçetin (ed.). Women Leaders in Chaotic Environments. p. 77. He married with his Haseki Mahfiruz Kadın and had princes called Genç Osman (1604), Mehmed (1605), Süleyman (1611)...
  3. ^ Thomas F. Madden (2016). Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World. Mahfiruz Sultan bore him four sons...
  4. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 105.
  5. ^ M. Cavid Baysun, "Kösem Walide or Kösem Sultan" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam vol V)|quote=Through her beauty and intelligence, Kösem Walide was especially attractive to Ahmed I, and drew ahead of more senior wives in the palace. She bore the sultan four sons – Murad,Ibrahim and Kasim – and three daughters – 'Ayşe, Fatma and Djawharkhan. These daughters she subsequently used to consolidate her political influence by strategic marriages to different viziers.}}
  6. ^ Klaus Kreiser: Der osmanische Staat 1300–1922. München 2001, S. 1.
  7. ^ John Freely: Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of Sultans in Istanbul (Tauris Parke Paperbacks) Paperback – December 30, 2016.
  8. ^ Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The imperial harem : women and sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. New York. p. 259. ISBN 0-19-507673-7. OCLC 27811454.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)