Emine Hatun

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Emine, the title is Hatun, and there is no family name.

Emine Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: امینه خاتون, lit. 'benign' or 'trusthworthy'; died in 1449) was a consort of Sultan Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire and the mother of Murad II.

Emine Hatun
Valide Hatun of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	26 May 1421 – August 1444
Predecessor	Devlet Hatun
Successor	Hüma Hatun
Second Tenure	September 1446 - 1449
Predecessor	Hüma Hatun
Successor	Mara Hatun
Born	Elbistan, Dulkadirids
Died	1449 Bursa,Ottoman Empire
Burial	Hatuniye Camii, Muradiye Complex, Bursa
Spouse	Mehmed I ​ ​ (m. 1403; died 1421)​
Issue	Murad II
Father	Mehmed of Dulkadir
Mother	Khadija Khatun
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Emine Hatun was born as a Dulkadirid princess, the daughter of Nasir al-Dīn Mehmed, fifth ruler of the Beylik of Dulkadir (reign 1399–1442) and his consort Khadija Khatun.^[1][2][3][4] Her niece Sittişah Hatun, daughter of her brother Zülkadiroğlu Süleyman Bey, married Mehmed II in 1449.^[5]

Marriage

In 1403,^[6] when Mehmed had defeated his brother İsa Çelebi and İsfendiyar Bey, the ruler of the Isfendiyarids who had formed an alliance with each other, he returned to Rum, and decided to make some alliances of his own. While he was feasting in Tokat, Karamanid ruler Mehmed Bey sent his head military judge, and ambassadors also arrived from the realm of Dulkadirids. Relations were mended and animosity was removed. Then there was made peace and friendship between them. At that time, gifts and tokens of betrothal were sent to the Emine Hatun, who was thus engaged to the Sultan. Mehmed Çelebi's important marriage alliance with the ruler of the neighboring tribal confederation of Dulkadir, which was especially rich in horses and horsemen, demonstrates his continued emphasis on tribal politics.^[7][8] The alliance proved a great value for Nasireddin Mehmed Bey. This not only gave Mehmed armed assistance in his campaign for empire, but was always ready to attack the eastern provinces of the Karamanid principality.^[9]

Issue

By Mehmed I, she had a son:^[10][11][12]

• Murad II (1404 - 1451). Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

See also

• Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman dynasty
• Ottoman family tree
• Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
• List of valide sultans
• List of the mothers of the Ottoman Sultans
• List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans
• Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)

References

1. Uluçay 2011, p. 27.
2. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 77-8.
3. Vakfı 2002, p. 179.
4. Lambton 1988, p. 262-3.
5. Uluçay 2011, p. 49.
6. Kastritsis 2007, p. 106.
7. Kastritsis 2007, p. 107.
8. Öztürk 2014.
9. Pitcher 1968, p. 60.

Sources

• Kastritsis, Dimitris J. (2007). The Sons of Bayezid: Empire Building and Representation in the Ottoman Civil War of 1402-1413. BRILL. ISBN 978-9-004-15836-8.
• Lambton, Ann K. S. (1988). Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-133-2.
• Öztürk, Necdet (30 January 2014). Osmanlı Sosyal Hayatı. Işık Yayıncılık Ticaret. ISBN 978-6-055-12912-5.
• Pitcher, Donald Edgar (1968). An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century. Brill Archive. ISBN 978-9-004-07929-8.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
• Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
• Türk dünyası araştırmaları, Issues 136-138. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı. 2002.