Şekerpare Hatun

Şekerpare Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: شکر پارہ خاتون‎) was a lady-in-waiting (musahibe) to Sultan Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Şekerpare was first appointed Hazinedar with the name Şehsuvar Usta.^[1] She was later appointed Kethüde Hatun (mistress housekeeper) of the imperial harem.^[2] The treasure of Egypt was lavished on Ibrahims favourite wives and women, which also included Şekerpare.^[3] A house was also bought for her.^[4] In 1644 the Grand vizier Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha's standing was threatened by a powerful faction which was controlling the appointment and dismissal of certain individuals, even enriching its members in the process. This party included Şekerpare as well as Ibrahim's other male favourites.^[5] Mustafa Pasha was executed and Ibrahim appointed his favourite Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha as the new Grand Vizier. In early 1647, Şekerpare married Grand vizier Kara Musa Pasha,^[1] and because of her, he was appointed to the position of Grand Admiral.

Ebezade Hamide Hatun, wife of Hasan Pasha, the governor of Aleppo, was a friend of Şekerpare Hatun.^[2] In 1648 she also built a fountain in Istanbul.^[6] After Ibrahim's deposition in 1648, women of Ibrahim's harem were sent to the Old Palace. However, Şekerpare Hatun was exiled to Egypt.^[2] She is buried in Eyüp.^[7]

References

1. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 353.
2. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 354.
3. Çelebi & Erkılıç 1954, p. 62.
4. Perice 1993, p. 317.
5. A ́goston & Masters 2010, p. 263.
6. Tanışık 1945, p. 219.
7. Haskan 2008, p. 542.

Sources

• Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.

* Çelebi, Evliya; Erkılıç, Süleyman Cafer (1954). Turk Klasikleri - Issue 34.

• A ́goston, Ga ́bor; Masters, Bruce Alan (May 21, 2010). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-438-11025-7.
• Tanışık, İbrahim Hilmi (1945). İstanbul çeşmeleri: Beyoğlu ve Üsküdar cihetleri. Maarif Matbaası.
• Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2008). Eyüp Sultan tarihi - Volume 2. Eyüp Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları. ISBN 978-9-756-08704-6.

External links

• "Şekerpare Hatun" (in Turkish). Ottoman Bank Archives.