Nigar Hatun

Nigar Hatun
The sarcophagus of Nigar Hatun inside the Yivliminare Mosque, Antalya
DiedMarch 1503 (1503-04)
Antalya, Ottoman Empire
Burial
SpouseBayezid II
IssueAyşe Sultan
Sofu Fatma Sultan
Şehzade Korkut
FatherAbdullah Vehbi
ReligionSunni Islam

Nigar Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: نکار خاتون; 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:

Death

Nigar Hatun died in March 1503, 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.

References

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  17. ↑ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 191.
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