Atike Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)

Atike Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عتیقہ سلطان‎; 29 March 1712 – 2 April 1738) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III. She was half-sister of Mustafa III and Abdul Hamid I.

Atike Sultan
Born(1712-03-29)29 March 1712
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died2 April 1738(1738-04-02) (aged 26)
Cağaloğlu Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
Genç Mehmed Pasha
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(m. 1724)​
Full name
Atike binti Ahmed Han
DynastyOttoman
FatherAhmed III
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

Birth

Atike Sultan was born on 29 March 1712 in the Topkapı Palace. Her father was Sultan Ahmed III.[1][2] She was the fifteenth child born to her father.[2]

Marriage

On 6 January 1724,[3] her father betrothed her to Genç Mehmed Pasha, the son of Grand vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha.[4][5] On 20 February 1724 the betrothal gifts presented by Mehmed Pasha were transported from the palace of the grand vezir to the Imperial Palace,[6] and the marriage contract was concluded the same day. Ten days later, on 13 March, Atike's trousseau, and on 16 March Atike Sultan herself were transported from the Topkapı Palace to her palace at Cağaloğlu Palace, located on the Divanyolu street.[7]

Charity

In 1728-29, Atike's father commissioned a fountain in Üsküdar in her name.[8][9]

Death

Atike Sultan died on 2 April 1738[10] in the Çağaloğlu Palace, and was buried in New Mosque, Istanbul.[8]

Ancestry

References
  1. Haskan 2001, p. 1041.
  2. Topal, Mehmet (2001). Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Agha Nusretnâme: Tahlil ve Metin (1106-1133/1695-1721). p. 769.
  3. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 434.
  4. Duindam, Artan & Kunt 2011, p. 341.
  5. Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara, Ötüken. p. 140.
  6. Duindam, Artan & Kunt 2011, p. 364.
  7. Duindam, Artan & Kunt 2011, p. 365.
  8. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 435.
  9. Haskan 2001, p. 1041-42.
  10. Haskan 2001, p. 1042.

Sources
  • 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. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  • Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar - Volume 3. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 1332. ISBN 978-9-759-76063-2.
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