Ümmugülsüm Sultan (daughter of Mehmed IV)

Ottoman princess (1677-1720)

(m. 1693)

IssueMihrişah Hanımsultan
Hatice Hanımsultan
Fatma HanımsultanDynastyOttomanFatherMehmed IVMotherEmetullah Rabia Gülnuş SultanReligionSunni Islam

Ümmügülsüm Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ام کلثوم سلطان‎; "mother with chubby face"; c. 1677 - 9 May 1720), called also Ümmi Sultan or Gülsüm Sultan, was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Mehmed IV, and his Haseki Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan. She was the sister of Sultans Mustafa II and Ahmed III.

Early life

Ümmügülsüm Sultan, called also Ümmi Sultan or Gülsüm Sultan, was born in 1677 circa as daughter of Mehmed IV and his Haseki Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan.^[1] She had two full brothers, Mustafa II and Ahmed III, and three full sisters, Hatice Sultan, Ayşe Sultan and Fatma Emetullah Sultan.^[2]^[3]

Marriage

Her father was deposed in 1687, and so was unable to arrange a marriage for her. And so her uncle who loved her very much, Sultan Ahmed II arranged her marriage to Silahdar Çerkes Osman Pasha. The wedding took place on 15 December 1693 in the Edirne Palace. Her dowry was fixed to 600,000 kuruş.^[4]^[5] The wedding was also attended by Sultan Ahmed's consort Rabia Sultan.^[6] The couple were given Sinan Pasha Palace as their residence. The two together had three daughters, Mihrişah Hanımsultan (dead in 1701), Hatice Hanımsultan (dead in 1698) and Fatma Hanımsultan (1699 - 1730).^[4]^[5]

All her daughters were buried with Ümmügülsüm in Turhan Turbesi, New Mosque.^[4]

Death

Ümmügülsüm Sultan died on 9 May 1720 of smallpox, before her forty birthday, and was buried in the mausoleum of her grandmother at Mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, New Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. ^[4]^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ümmugülsüm Sultan (daughter of Mehmed IV)

16. Mehmed III

8. Ahmed I

17. Handan Sultan

4. Ibrahim

9. Kösem Sultan

2. Mehmed IV

5. Turhan Sultan

1. Ümmi Sultan

3. Gülnuş Sultan

References

^ ^a ^b Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 384. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
^ Uluçay 2011, p. 110.
^ Uluçay 1992, p. 110.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Uluçay 2011, p. 111.
^ ^a ^b Uluçay 1992, p. 111.
^ Agha 2012, p. 1527-28.

Sources

Agha, Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed (2012). ZEYL-İ FEZLEKE (1065-22 Ca.1106 / 1654-7 Şubat 1695).
Agha, Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed (2001). Nusretnâme: Tahlil ve Metin (1106-1133/1695-1721).
Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1992). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevı. ISBN 978-9-751-60461-3.
Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.