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Nigar Hatun

1450 – 1503

Concubine of Bayezid II

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About Nigar Hatun

Lived 1450 – 1503 (aged 52–53). Nigar Hatun was a Turkish.

Nigar Hatun (; died March 1503) was a concubine of the Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Life She was the daughter of a man named Abdullah Vehbi. Nigar entered Bayezid's harem when Bayezid was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya. She gave birth to three children, two daughters, Ayşe Sultan and Fatma Sultan, and in 1469, a son, Şehzade Korkut. With Korkut's birth, she acquired a greater status within the royal household.

According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. Korkut was first appointed to Tire in 1483. The mother and son, along with his newly formed retinue were provisioned in Grand Vizier Ishak Pasha's palace. Nigar's daily stipend consisted of 50 akçe (silver coin). In late 1490s, she accompanied him to Manisa, and then to Antalya in 1502.

Issue From Bayezid II, Nigar had two daughters and a son: Ayşe Sultan (Amasya, 1465 – Constantinople, 1515). She had two sons and five daughters. Sofu Fatma Sultan (Amasya, 1468 – Bursa, after 1520). She married three times: before 1580 to Isfendiyaroğlu Mirza Mehmed Pasha, son of Kyzyl Ahmed Bey, with him she had a son, Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha (Governor of Balıkesir, he died in 1514 during the Chaldiran battle. He was married to his cousin Gevherhan Sultan, daughter of Selim I). The married ended with a divorce. Fatma remarried in 1489 to Mustafa Pasha, son of Koca Davud Pasha. She widowed in 1503. Fatma married for the third time in 1504 to Güzelce Hasan Bey. With him she had two sons, Sultanzade Haci Ahmed Bey and Sultanzade Mehmed Celebi (who married his cousin Ayşe Sultan, daughter of Şehzade Alemşah), and a daughter (who married her cousin Ahmed Bey, son Ali Bey and Fatma Hanımsultan, daughter of Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Bayezid II). Şehzade Korkut and was buried in her own mausoleum, which she had built in 1502, just a year before her death at Yivliminare Mosque, Antalya.

After her death, Korkut made an endowment in the memory of his mother in a small town named Istanos on the Teke Peninsula. In 1509–10, her daughter Fatma, also made an endowment at Eşrefoğlu Rûmî for the sake of her soul.

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Important facts

Born
1450
Birth century
Died
1503, Antalya
Nationality
Positions held
Valide sultan

Family & relationships

Spouse
Bayezid II
Child
Ayşe Hatun (daughter of Bayezid II)
Child
Fatma Sultan (daughter of Bayezid II)
Child
Şehzade Korkut

People in Nigar Hatun's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Nigar Hatun?

Concubine of Bayezid II

When was Nigar Hatun born?

Nigar Hatun was born in 1450.

When did Nigar Hatun die?

Nigar Hatun died in 1503 in Antalya.

What nationality was Nigar Hatun?

Nigar Hatun was Turkish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nigar Hatun

· Wikidata: Q18121941

· DBpedia: Nigar Hatun

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