Safiye Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II)

Safiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: صفیہ سلطان‎; 13 December 1696 – 15 May 1778) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Mustafa II, and half-sister of Sultans Mahmud I and Osman III of the Ottoman Empire.

Safiye Sultan
Born	13 December 1696 Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire
Died	15 May 1778 (aged 81) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial	Mausoleum of Suleiman the Magnificent, Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse	Maktulzade Ali Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1710; died 1723)​ Mirzazade Mehmed Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1726; died 1728)​ Ebubekir Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1740; died 1759)​
Issue	Zahide Hanımsultan
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Mustafa II
Religion	Sunni Islam

Life

Birth

Safiye Sultan was born on 13 December 1696[1] in the Edirne Palace, thus being the third daughter of Sultan Mustafa II.[2]

Marriages

Safiye was betrothed at the same time as her sisters Emine Sultan and Ayşe Sultan, to the son of Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha, known as Maktulzade Ali Pasha, and Beylerbey (governor - general) of Adana at the time. The marriage took place on 8 May 1710, during the reign of her uncle Sultan Ahmed III. The wedding procession travelled only a short distance from the Imperial Gate, through Cebehane and Soğukçeşme road to the princess's palace at Demirkapı, known as "Rami Pasha’s palace", where the marriage was consummated.[3][4] Soon afterwards, in June 1710, the bridegroom was sent away to Diyarbekir to serve as provincial governor.[5]

After Ali Pasha's death in 1723, Safiye married Mirzazade Mehmed Pasha on 1 July 1726.[6][7] After Mehmed Pasha's death in 1728, she married Ebu Bekr Pasha in 1740, during the reign of her half-brother Sultan Mahmud I. She was widowed at his death in 1759.[8][7]

Issue

Safiye Sultan had a daughter Zahide Hanımsultan, who married Ebu Bekr Pasha's son Elhac Suleiman Bey, and died on 6 February 1790.[8][7][9]

Charities

Safiye Sultan is known to have made vakfs for Hagia Sophia, Sultan Mehmed, Sultan Bayezid and Valide Sultan mosques. In 1729, she commissioned a fountain near the Bulgurlu Mosque in Üsküdar. In 1780, two years after her death, a fountain was commissioned between Paşabahçe and Tepeköy in Bosphorus.[8][10]

Death

Safiye Sultan died on 15 May 1778, and was buried outside the mausoleum of Suleiman the Magnificent, Süleymaniye Mosque. Istanbul.[11] Her daughter, Zahide was buried beside her.[8]

See also

• List of Ottoman princesses

Ancestry

Ancestors of Safiye Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II)
16. Ahmed I 8. Ibrahim 17. Kösem Sultan 4. Mehmed IV 9. Turhan Sultan 2. Mustafa II 5. Gülnuş Sultan 1. Safiye Sultan 3. Unknown consort

References

1. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 437.
2. Uluçay 2011, p. 121.
3. Uluçay 2011, p. 121-22.
4. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 408.
5. Duindam, Artan & Kunt 2011, p. 358-9.
6. Duindam, Artan & Kunt 2011, p. 355 n. 35.
7. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 409.
8. Uluçay 2011, p. 122.
9. Karateke, Hakan T. (2007). An Ottoman protocol register: containing ceremonies from 1736 to 1808, BEO Sadaret defterleri 350 in the Prime Ministry Ottoman State Archives, Istanbul. Ottoman Bank Archive and Research Centre. p. 112. ISBN 978-9-944-73102-7.
10. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 410.
11. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 408, 410.

Sources

• Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları (in Turkish). Ankara: Ötüken.
• Duindam, Jeroen; Artan, Tülay; Kunt, Metin (August 11, 2011). Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires: A Global Perspective. BRILL. ISBN 978-9-004-20622-9.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler (in Turkish). Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.