Gülfem Hatun

Gülfem Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: کلفام خاتون‎; died c. 1561–62) was a lady-in-waiting to Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–1566).

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, Gülfem is the given name, the title is Hatun, and there is no family name.
Gülfem Hatun
Diedc. 1561–62
Eski Palace, Beyazıt Square, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Gülfem Hatun Mosque, Istanbul
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

Throughout Suleiman the Magnificent's reign (reign 1520–1566), she enjoyed a considerable status within the imperial harem, thus she is supposed by some authors to have been a concubine of Suleiman's or the stewardess of his harem[1] and received 150 aspers a day.[2]

In September 1542, she commissioned a soup kitchen in Üsküdar.[3] In March 1543 she established the financial ground work to built a "timber frame mosque"[4][5] now known as the "Gülfem Hatun Mosque",[6] located near the soup kitchen. According to a local tradition, the mosque was intended for the use of women and opened to men only in recent times.[7][8] A school is also present near the mosque.[9]

She died in 1561–62, and was buried in her own mosque.[10]

  • In the 2003 Turkish TV miniseries, Hürrem Sultan, Gülfem Hatun was played by Turkish actress Yasemin Kozanoğlu.
  • In the 2011–2014 Turkish historical fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Gülfem was portrayed by Turkish actress Selen Özturk.

References
  1. Peirce 1993, p. 302 n. 12.
  2. Peirce 1993, p. 133.
  3. Haskan 2001, p. 986.
  4. Ostovich, Silcox & Roebuck, p. 65.
  5. Princeton 1997, p. 35.
  6. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 252-3.
  7. Peirce 1993, p. 201.
  8. Ruggles 2000, p. 60.
  9. Haskan 2001, p. 911.
  10. Uluçay 2011, p. 65.

Sources
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  • Ostovich, Helen; Silcox, Mary V.; Roebuck, Graham (2008). The Mysterious and the Foreign in Early Modern England. Associated University Presse. ISBN 978-0-874-13954-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Princeton Papers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Markus Wiener Publishers. 1997.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Haskan, Mehmed Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar Boyunca Üsküdar, Volume 2. Üsküdar Belediyesi. ISBN 978-9-759-76063-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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