Şivekar Sultan

Sivekar Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: شوکار سلطان‎; died; c. 1647) was the seventh haseki of Sultan Ibrahim (reign 1640 – 1648) of the Ottoman Empire.

Şivekar Sultan
Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Imperial Consort)
Tenure1644 – 1647 (her death)
BornMaria
1627
Armenia
Diedc. 1647 (1648) (aged 19–20)
Old Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Ibrahim I Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
SpouseIbrahim
IssueŞehzade Cihangir
Full name
Turkish: Şivekar Sultan
Ottoman Turkish: شوکار سلطان‎
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam , previously Orthodox Christian

Life

She was from Armenian descent. [1] According to some historians her name was Şeker Pare. Her real name was Maria , and she was the daughter of a wealthy Armenian merchant.

Şeker Pare was a plump woman. In 1644, Ibrahim appointed his servants to look for the "fattest woman" in Istanbul. Upon this order, they started to search for palace officials and eventually found an Armenian woman in Üsküdar. Şivekar became his consort. She was the given the title of seventh Haseki. She had a good relation with Cinci Hoca Pasha and with Hümaşah Sultan.[2]

She was politically active during Ibrahim's last years. Ibrahim soon became mentally ill, and Şivekar helped sooth his tensions. She was among the strongest consorts of Ibrahim.[3] She gave birth to a son, Şehzade Cihangir, in 1646, who died in infancy. In addition, all Damascus revenues were donated to Şivekar Sultan. [4]

According to some historians , Şivekar was responsible for the death of all the members of Ibrahim I 's harem. Şivekar spread the gossip that one of the Sultan's concubines had been in an affair with an outsider of the palace. Ibrahim believed her and tortured many members of the harem to say a name , but to no avail. Ibrahim ordered that all his 280 concubines be put in sacks and thrown in the Bosporus. He only spared his Haseki Sultans. Only one concubine was saved by a passing ship. Kosem Sultan was furious when she knew about the incident , and summoned Şivekar to her rooms where she would have dinner with Kosem. Kosem killed Şivekar by poisoning her and told an inconsolable Ibrahim that Şivekar died of natural causes.[2][5]

Şivekar Sultan founded some foundations and vakfs in her lifetime.[6][7] she is buried inside Ibrahim I Mausoleum at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.[5][6][8]

In the 2015 Turkish historical non-fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Şivekar Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Gümeç Alpay Aslan.[9]

References
  1. Zuhuri Danışman, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Tarihi, IX, Yeni Matbaa, p. 239
  2. Uluçay 1992, p. 98.
  3. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 355.
  4. Bardakçı 1992, p. 221.
  5. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 356.
  6. Uluçay 1992, p. 99.
  7. Uluçay 2007, p. 94.
  8. Uluçay 2007, p. 95.
  9. Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (TV Series 2015–2017) Poster Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (2015–2017), retrieved 8 January 2020

Sources
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1992). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2007). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken.
  • Bardakçı, Murat (1992). Sex in Ottomans.
Ottoman royalty
Preceded by
Ayşe Sultan		 Haseki Sultan
until 12 August 1648
concurrently with Turhan, Aşub, Muazzez, Ayşe, Mahenver, Hümaşah, and Saçbağlı		 Succeeded by
Gülnuş Sultan
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