Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)

Ayşe Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عائشه سلطان‎; 24 November 1718 – 3 October 1776), also called Küçuk Ayşe Sultan,[1] was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III.

Ayşe Sultan
Born	24 November 1718 Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	3 October 1776 (aged 57) Ortaköy Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Turhan Sultan Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse	Kunduracızade Mehmed Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1728; died 1737)​ Hatip Ahmed Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1740; died 1748)​ Silahdar Mehmed Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1758)​
Issue	Rukiye Hanımsultan
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Ahmed III
Mother	Emine Muslihe Kadın
Religion	Sunni Islam

Life

Birth

Ayşe Sultan was born on 24 November 1718 in the Topkapı Palace.[2] Her father was Sultan Ahmed III and her mother was Emine Muslihe Kadın.[3] She had a full sister named Zübeyde Sultan, nine years younger than her.[4]

Marriages

In 1724, when Ayşe Sultan was six years old, Ahmed betrothed her to his swordbearer Kunduracızade Istanbullu Mehmed Pasha,[5][1] and appointed him the governor of Rumelia. The marriage contract was concluded on 28 September 1728, and the wedding took place on 4 October 1728 at the Topkapı Palace. The couple were given the Valide Kethüdası Mehmed Pasha Palace, located at Süleymaniye as their residence. In 1730, the grand vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha was killed in the uprising of Patrona Halil and Ahmed III was deposed. Ayşe Sultan's husband, Mehmed Pasha, became the grand vizier in October 1730. He remained grand vizier until January 1731, after which he was appointed, the governor of Aleppo. He died in 1737.[6]

Following Mehmed Pasha's death, she married Hatip Ahmed Pasha, the son of grand vizier Topal Osman Pasha.[1] The wedding took place in 1740 at the Ortaköy Palace, while the marriage was consummated in December 1742 at the Demirkapı Palace. Ahmed Pasha was appointed the governor of Mora in 1744 and died in 1748.[7] Ten years after Ahmed Pasha's death, she married Silahdar Mehmed Pasha, the Sanjak Bey (provincial governor) of Tirhala.[8] This wedding took place on 16 January 1758 at the Hekimbaşı Palace. Her dowry was 5000 ducats.[9]

Issue

Ayşe Sultan had a daughter named Rukiye Hanımsultan, who married Lalazade Nuri Bey.[10]

Charities and properties

There are two foundations in her name. The first of these dates to 1743.[11] The second foundation dating back to 1776, was made after her death.[11]

Her father had assigned her the palaces of Rami Pasha and Bahariye Palace (Mansion). She also owned lands and endowments in Izmit and Ankara.[1]

Death

Ayşe Sultan died on 3 October 1776 at the age of fifty seven, at the Ortaköy Palace and was buried in her great-grandmother Turhan Sultan's mausoleum, located at New Mosque at Istanbul.[8][12]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)
16. Ahmed I 8. Ibrahim 17. Kösem Sultan 4. Mehmed IV 9. Turhan Sultan 2. Ahmed III 5. Gülnuş Sultan 1. Ayşe Sultan 3. Emine Muslihe Kadın

References

1. Uluçay 2011, p. 135.
2. Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Agha (2001). Nusretnâme: Tahlil ve Metin (1106-1133/1695-1721). p. 900.
3. Uluçay 2011, p. 127.
4. Şemʼdânî-zâde Fındıklılı, Süleyman Efendi (1976). Aktepe, M.Münir (ed.). Şemʼdânî-zâde Fındıklılı Süleyman Efendi târihi Mürʼiʼt-tevârih-Volume II A. Edebiyat Fakültesi Matbaası. p. 9.
5. Duindam, Jeroen; Artan, Tülay; Kunt, Metin (August 11, 2011). Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires: A Global Perspective. BRILL. pp. 362, 363 n. 49. ISBN 978-9-004-20622-9.
6. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 437.
7. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 437-8.
8. Uluçay 2011, p. 136.
9. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 438.
10. Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2008). Eyüp Sultan tarihi, Volume 1. Eyüp Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları. p. 355. ISBN 978-9-756-08704-6.
11. Kala 2019, p. 129.
12. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 439.

Sources

• Kala, Eyüp (2019). Osmanlı Dönemi Hanım Sultan Vakıfları ve Sosyal Politika Uygulamaları.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
• Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.