Fatma Emetullah Sultan (daughter of Mehmed IV)
Fatma Emetullah Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: امت الله فاطمه سلطان, lit. '"One who abstains" and "servant of Allah"'; c. 1679, Edirne or Constantinople - 13 December 1700, Constantinople) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Mehmed IV and his Haseki Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan. She was the sister of Sultans Mustafa II and Ahmed III.
| Fatma Emetullah Sultan | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1679 Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire or Topkapi Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 17 December 1700 (aged 20–21) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial | Mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, New Mosque, Eminönü, Constantinople |
| Spouse | Çerkes Ibrahim Pasha (m. 1695; died 1697)Topal Yusuf Pasha (m. 1697; died 1700) |
| Issue | First marriage Rukiye Hanimsultan Second marriage Safiye Hanimsultan |
| Dynasty | Ottoman |
| Father | Mehmed IV |
| Mother | Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Early life edit
She was born between in 1679 circa at Edirne Palace or Topkapi Palace, to Mehmed IV and his favorite and Haseki Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan.[1] Her second name was given in honor of her mother. She was the sixth and last child of her parents and the fourth daughters.
Marriages edit
Her brother, Mustafa II, married her to Tırnakçı Çerkes Ibrahim Pasha in September 1695; whom he first granted the rank of deputy of Silistre, then later executed, in September 1697. They had a daughter.
She subsequently married Topal Yusuf Paşa in 1697. They had a daughter.[2][3]
Issue edit
By her first marriage, Fatma had a daughter:
- Rukiye Hanimsultan (1696 - 1720, before August), who married Sirke Osman Pasha. After her death, he married her cousin Emetullah Sultan.
By her second marriage, Fatma had a second daughter:
- Safiye Hanimsultan (1697/1700 - 1711).[4]
Death edit
Fatma Sultan died on December 13, 1700, from plague, tuberculosis, or according to other sources, postpartum complications. During the funeral, she was accompanied by a procession of statesmen together with her husband. She was buried in the Turhan Sultan Mosque, her paternal grandmother, next to her father.
References edit
- ^ Majer, Hans Georg (1992). The Journal of Ottoman Studies XII: The Harem of Mustafa II (1695-1703). p. 441.
- ^ Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara, Ötüken. p. 110.
- ^ Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Agha (2001). Nusretnâme: Tahlil ve Metin (1106-1133/1695-1721). pp. 135, 458–9, 841.
- ^ According to Necdet Sakaoğlu, Safiye was also the daughter of her first marriage. If this were true, and it true also that Fatma had died in childbirth, it would mean that Fatma had an unknown third child with her second husband, stillborn or stillborn shortly after birth.