Shah Sultan: biography of the ruler's sister. Shah Sultan: biography of the ruler's sister The magnificent century Shah Kuban actress

Suleiman had many sisters. And Shah Sultan was one of his favorites.

There are two versions of her date of birth. One by one, she was born in 1494, by the second year of her birth 1509. The last date turned out to be more common, so it stuck.

Many believe that Shah Sultan and Suleiman are half-siblings. As we were shown in the TV series The Magnificent Century, perhaps Aishe Hawsa Sultan was not her mother at all. Because Selim had two wives named Aishe. And some sources are inclined to believe that Shah was born from Selim's concubine, who was also called Aishe.

The full name of the sultana is Shah Khuban. It is also called Shah-i Khuban. And her Turkish name in Russian means - Bright Lady. And Huban points out that her hair was very light - yellow or white. Which is not at all typical for Turkish girls.

Princess Shah was born in Manisa. And she spent all her childhood there, together with her mother. Merkez Efendi was involved in her upbringing and education. He was able to teach her a lot. He instilled love for Allah, because he himself was very pious. Sultan Selim appreciated him and awarded him with an appointment to a high post when he saved his beloved wife Aishe from illness.

As soon as the girl was 14 years old, Selim decides to marry her to Lutfi Pasha, who was then about 30-35 years old. This was a marriage of convenience and was beneficial for the Sultan, so this age difference did not bother him at all. Even in those days, such marriages were the norm.

Shah Sultan did not love her husband

The life of the Ottoman princesses was not so fabulous and sweet. And all because they had one destiny - to marry an unloved one. And these marriages were political, that is, they were concluded for the sake of state benefits. And there could be no question of love.

So Shah Sultan was married to an unloved person, like the rest of her sisters. If the quiet Beikhan somehow managed to come to terms with her position and live peacefully with her husband. Then the Shah Sultan, who differed from her sister in her stubbornness, could not accept her fate. She was cold to her husband.

After the wedding, the young Shah Sultan, together with her husband, left Manisa to live in another city. Lutyi Pasha in a new place receives a new appointment to a high post.

In this marriage, Shah Khuban gave birth to two daughters - Esmekhan Baharnaz Sultan and Neslihan Sultan. She did not let her husband come to her anymore.

In 1539, when the Grand Vizier Ayaz Pasha died during an epidemic, Sultan Suleiman summoned her husband, Lutfi Pasha, to the Topkapi Palace. Then the Shah Sultan herself was able to move to the capital. Her husband became a member of the Sultan's council. And despite her dislike for her husband, Shah helped him move up the career ladder.

On July 13, 1539, Lutfi Pasha officially became the Grand Vizier. But despite all his efforts and hard work, he did not hold out in this position for long. Only 1 year and 9 months.

They say that Lutfi Pasha was a rather cruel vizier. And in his irrepressible impulses, he did many terrible things that the mistress could not stand.

If the rumors are to be believed, then it was an egregious case that the vizier terribly mocked a woman of easy virtue who died in agony. Shah decided to talk to her husband about it. But he did not listen to her and even raised his hand to her, which was the last straw of her patience. Shah complained to her brother Sultan Suleiman and her marriage was dissolved. In 1541, the Shah Sultan divorced Lutfi Pasha. After which he was removed from the post of chief vizier and sent to Dimetoku. They saved his life for the sake of his daughters.

The Shah Sultan was glad that she was able to break the bond with her husband. She firmly decided for herself that it was better to be lonely than the wife of an unloved Pasha.

In 1556, the architect Mimar Sinan built the Shah Sultan Mosque in Istanbul.

Shah Khuban died in 1572. She asked to be buried next to her mother. But no one knew where she was buried for a long time. And only 400 years later, in 2013, her grave was found in Fatiha, next to the Yavuz Selim mosque. Before that, everyone believed that she was buried in the tomb of Aisha Hafsa Sultan.

In the series, the creators hint that Shah was very jealous of her sister Hatice all the time. It is likely that this was also the case in real life. After all, most likely, their mothers are different. And as you know, the mother of Hatice, Aishe Hawsa Sultan was the beloved wife of Sultan Selim. And she entered the harem as a mistress, and the second Aishe was already a slave. Perhaps it was this that played a big role in the fact that Hatice was more surrounded by care and love than the Shah Sultan. But this is just my guess.

That's the whole true and short story about Shah Sultan. And if it were not for the TV series The Magnificent Century, then we would never have known this woman. The role of Shah-Khuban in this series was wonderfully played by Deniz Chakir.

Shah Khuban in the TV series The Magnificent Century

Our first meeting with Shah Sultan takes place in the third season of the Magnificent Century series.

When Valide Sultan dies, Hatice is left alone without the support of her mother. She calls her sister to Istanbul to cope with the hated Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska with her. But the two sisters were unable to defeat the rival. And only after the death of Ibrahim Pasha, they still manage to get rid of Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska for a while. After that, Hatice commits suicide, and Mihrimah Sultan forces the Shah Sultan to leave the capital in a short time.

The image and character of Shah Sultan in the series

Shah Khuban is an impregnable, cold and calculating sultana. She is very observant. Keeps track of all the events in the harem. He immediately takes control of everything and does not release him. Outwardly, she is calm and at the same time skillfully dominates people. She looks like a snow queen with an ice heart, with a penetrating and glowing gaze. She is not touched by ordinary human weaknesses. It is difficult to drive her into a dead end, because the Shah Sultan is able to find a way out of any situation.

Unprincipled and successful in intrigue. She knows how to turn the situation in her favor. She cannot be hurt because she has no attachment to anyone. The insidiousness and hypocrisy of her features. But no matter how she tried to destroy Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska, her intrigues sometimes went sideways for her. Because Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska was also very cunning and even the complex strategies of the Shah Sultan could not drive her into a corner.

Shah is a true mistress, who perfectly understands her position. Arrogant and does not recognize anyone in whose veins the Sultan's blood does not flow. Likes to put everyone in their place, constantly emphasizing their title. She reminded even her husband every day that she was a member of the Ottoman dynasty. This eventually bothers Lutfi Pasha. They quarrel and the sultana divorces him.

But despite all his outward composure, Shah is not so insensitive. In childhood, deprived of parental love and affection, early married to an unloved Pasha, the mistress simply closed herself into herself. Her heart turned to stone and hardened. The humane and merciful Shah is hidden behind the mask of greatness and arrogance. At the request of her daughters Esmahan, she asks to pardon Lutfi Pasha. And how warmly she treats her faithful servant Merjan-age once again confirms that she is not such a snow queen.

Family bonds

Shah respects Suleiman very much and treats him with respect. She loves her brother the Sultan, she will not reread him. But he also does not miss the opportunity to use it in his games against Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska. And Suleiman himself treats his sister well and therefore fulfilled her request regarding the former Grand Vizier Lutfi Pasha.

Relations with sisters are somewhat different. She clearly envies Hatice, who has been surrounded by love and care since childhood. Shah herself confessed to Beykhan that she had always dreamed of the life that Khatija lived. And as soon as the Shah arrives in the capital, she begins to quickly catch up. He settles in the palace, which used to belong to Khatija and Ibrahim, and changes furniture and interior for himself. Along the way, he helps his spouse to become the Grand Vizier. Becomes the Sultan's closest sister, which was once Hatice. In general, she took into her hands everything that once belonged to her sister.

In the past, Shah sympathized with Ibrahim, this also becomes a stumbling block for the two sisters. Shah refuses to help Hatice in the fight against Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska, accusing her of weakness and inability to cope with her even earlier.

Between the sisters, at the very beginning, there is a rather strained relationship. They unite only in order to eliminate Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska. An alliance of two sultans is concluded between them, but not two sisters. Shah could never understand that depth of love feelings, that unbearable pain of Hatice, unlike Beykhan. By the way, her relationship with Beykhan also does not really work out. Beykhan sees Shah through and does not hide it. With her sisters, she does not have any tenderness and warm relations that sisters should have.

Talking about nephews, it is worth noting that Shah singles out Mustafa, the son of Mahidevran, among all the shehzade. She has no obvious disdain for her other nephews. She warmly communicates with the children of Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska. But they consider Shehzade Mustafa the rightful heir to the throne. Just like Mahidevran, she often in conversations with Khyurrem emphasizes the status of the first son of Suleiman. Mustafa even unwittingly became a key figure in her intrigue against Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska. Thus, she put the prince in serious danger.

Husband and children

The Shah did not love her husband Lutfi Pasha at all. And she helped him become the Grand Vizier only in order to gain more power and become closer to Suleiman. The only person she truly loved was her daughter, Esmahan.

Enmity with Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska

At first, the relationship between the Sultan's sister and wife was going well. There was even some semblance of friendship between them. But when Ibrahim Pasha was executed, the Shah swore an oath to Khatija that they would get rid of Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska.

Mergen-aha

Another person involved, who was constantly next to his mistress. Merjan is her faithful slave. He cared about the well-being of his sultana. He is the only person in Topkapi Palace who was very upset about her leaving the capital. Merjan begged his mistress to take him with him. But since he was the main one who kept order in the harem, she left him in the palace.

Shah Sultan leaves the capital and we no longer see her.

At the time when the events of the series "The Magnificent Age" take place, the customs and mores of people were much more severe than today. Moreover, for those who served at the palace of the great sultan, losing their heads was easy. No wonder the vizier and friend Suleiman the Magnificent Ibrahim Pasha constantly talked about how each promotion moves him one step closer to death. This also worries the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Rustem Pasha- husband Mihrimah(daughter of Suleiman and Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska). With an increase in responsibility, the chances of making more serious mistakes increase, which will lead to the loss of the post or worse - the head.

Men of the heyday of the Ottomans were practically not involved in raising children - this hard work was almost entirely on the shoulders of women. The absence of a husband affected the formation of the character of children no less than now.

Single mothers of the "Magnificent Century"

Hatice

Mother's depression destroys the child's trust in the world

Motherhood Hatice began to bring her suffering from the very beginning. Having lost the long-awaited firstborn Mehmet still a baby, she could not recover from grief for a long time. It seemed that nothing could bring her smile back. However, time, if not healed, then at least helped to heal the wounds. She regained the meaning of life and peace when she was born Osman and Khurijikhan, and after a long crisis, those tender feelings, filled with light and mutual respect, returned to relations with Ibrahim, which united them into one family. For several years, the heroine found the long-awaited peace and harmony. But the happiness was short-lived. Since Hatice loved her husband, his execution broke her. The light for Suleiman's sister dimmed. She completely lost herself in her grief. Memories of the past became the only source of joy, while the future was illuminated by hatred for the wife of Sultan Khyurrem.

And even wonderful children did not bring her sincere joy. Of course, they were surrounded by many nannies and did not need anything. But the attention and warmth of the mother cannot be replaced by anything else. Moreover, when the father is no longer around. According to psychologists, it is contact with the mother that forms the child's basic trust in the world. In the absence of this contact, the child loses support, the world for him becomes unsteady and incomprehensible.

The presence of a sense of trust is the basis for the formation of a positive sense of self. The child will find out if he can rely on adults, if they are able to take care of him. There is a certainty that when things are bad, help will come. If the child's world is unstable, causes stress, then attitudes of fear, suspicion and fear for their lives develop.

When a mother is depressed due to a breakup with her husband (or for other reasons), her perception of the world around her (including the child) is dulled. And it is at this moment that it is very important for him that she be sensitive and attentive, provide support and set the necessary guidelines.

On the basis of trust, the child develops confidence, the ability to correctly assess his strengths and capabilities (adequate self-esteem), initiative ...

According to the script, it is not yet clear how the characters of Hatice's children will manifest when they grow up and become independent. But it is already clear that the lack of proper maternal care and the mother's finding in deep chronic depression influenced the daughter's character - Khurijihan. Made her indecisive, dependent on the opinions of others, and in some situations almost helpless. For the sake of justice, it must be said that beautiful manners, grace, and modesty, and gentleness, and love for beauty were transmitted from Hatice to her daughter. These qualities are sympathetic, but do are they human happy?

For comparisons, you can observe how he feels and goes through life. Fatma Sultan - daughter of the "iron", but at the same time attentive and fair Valide... She is decisive and calculating, can afford to enjoy frivolous nonsense and is capable of risky actions. In this world, she feels herself the mistress of the situation.

Shah Sultan

Disrespect for the father puts the child in a situation of traumatic choice

Younger sister of Hatice and Sultan Suleiman Shah Sultan in principle, she was ready for the fact that her husband Lutfi Pasha executed. However, her heart softened when she saw how much it hurt their daughter. Esmehan... Therefore, despite the fact that Shah Sultan divorced Lutfi Pasha, thanks to her he was lucky enough to avoid the fate of Ibrahim, who was executed.

The father married Shah Sultan at the age of 14 to Lutfi Pasha, who was 35. She never loved her husband, openly showed disdain for him, showed that she was a mistress, and he only served her, like her entire dynasty. We can say that the “power” balance in their family was initially upset. The woman took the leading position, determined the course of development of relations and the business line, and the man was in the position of a subordinate.

Such a relationship model is not the best example for the formation of a family image for a growing daughter. In families where the mother takes a tough dominant position, rejecting the soft feminine essence and taking on more responsibility than necessary, the child may not feel relaxed and comfortable. In addition, the girl, focusing on her mother, most likely, in the future, will also build her relationships with men and with the world around her in general, based on the need to suppress and dominate. And this can hardly bring happiness.

Often, when a man leaves his wife alone with a child, the woman (sometimes involuntarily) begins to openly show hostility towards her ex-spouse. Sometimes she tries to prohibit the child from communicating with the father or deliberately slanders a lot of unpleasant things about the man who made her suffer. This is an immature position that confronts the child with a painful choice - mom or dad? Esmehan cannot help but feel that there is no love between the parents, and that the mother treats her father with contempt. And since Shah Sultan, by his nature, is not capable of showing gentleness and care, which is so necessary for a teenager, it is not surprising that in the end the girl seeks to live with her father, and not with her.

Makhidevran

Manipulation with the use of children negatively affects the fate of the child

Actually, the third wife of Sultan Suleiman Makhidevran literally cannot be called a single mother - after all, the son Mustafa grew up with a father. But from an early age, the boy lived with his mother separately, almost never seeing Suleiman. And, one might say, the heroine raised the child herself.

At the time when Suleiman decided to send Mahidevran out of the palace, the backbone of Mustafa's character had already been laid. That is why the boy made such an adult decision - to go with his mother. Of course, the sense of justice, courage and the ability to take responsibility for their actions, which Suleiman passed on to his son in the first years of his life, influenced the way he grew up. But the way Mahidevran behaved is also important. She did not try to shift the responsibility for her unhappy female fate onto her son. She always spoke of his father with respect and love. When their union only staggered with the arrival of Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska in the harem, it was her words that they were still one family and daddy loved him that made Suleiman try to keep their connection. And who knows what would have happened if Makhidevran had managed to pacify her jealousy in time. But the fact that Mahidevran did not try to manipulate Suleiman with the help of a child, and the fact that Mustafa did not become a bargaining chip in parental relationships, allowed him to grow up as a real man and a loving son. From childhood, the boy had a clear idea of ​​his parents. And the older the child becomes, the more he is drawn to the parent who loves him, and does not use for his own purposes.

Shah Sultan is the sister of the Great Ruler of the Ottoman Empire. Little-known Shah Khuban Sultan, one of the younger sisters of the Great Sultan Suleiman, is the daughter of Selim the First and his beloved wife, Aishe Hafsa Sultan. Information about her birth is rather ambiguous, since some historians believe that Shah Huban was born from one of her father's concubines. That is why the opinion that she is Suleiman's half-sister is very common. No one still can name the exact year of birth of the representative of the Great Ottoman dynasty. However, two opinions were established: the first - 1494, the second - 1509. The second date is recognized as official, so the age is considered to be exactly from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Shah Sultan is Suleiman's sister also known as Shah-i Khuban. The name of the beauty was not given in vain, because in translation the phrase means "Light Lady", and the prefix "Kuban" is one of the designations for white or yellowish hair. Thus, she is reasonably considered the owner of blonde curls. Perhaps Huban was a bright blonde, which is extremely strange for the Turkish dynasty and the dark-haired female environment. The lady's childhood was spent in Manisa. There she received an excellent education thanks to Merkez Efendi. He was a very religious man who took up a high post after he cured the Sultan's wife, Aishe. It was teacher Merkez - a sage, scientist, clergyman who from an early age instilled in Shah Sultan love for Allah. At the age of fourteen, the young daughter of the Great Ruler was married to the thirty-five-year-old Lutfi Pasha. The huge age difference did not bother Shah Huban's father, since this marriage was beneficial to Selim. However, those times were not distinguished by humanity, so marriages of this type were considered the norm. As soon as the marriage of Lutfi Pasha and the little Sultana took place, they went to the city, where her husband held the ruling position. In marriage, two beautiful babies were born: Esma Khan and Nazly Shah. In 1939, Pasha was called up to the role of the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. However, despite diligence and hard work, he stayed in office for only 1 year and 9 months. At this time, Shah Sultan, the younger sister of Suleiman, lived at the court of her brother. Now in the world there are several opinions regarding the short service of the Vizier, but the following theory is considered the most popular. Lutfi Pasha, as soon as he was appointed to a high position, immediately began to restore order in the city with special zeal and special rigidity. According to him, everything in the state is “run to the brink”. One of the cases of his cruelty is the case against a woman of easy virtue, the punishment for which was sexual abuse. The girl died painfully and for a long time. After this incident, Shah Huban expressed her displeasure, for which Pasha's blows fell on her. Of course, the Sultan found out about this and dismissed him from office. After such an attitude, a quite young woman decided to divorce. A representative of the Ottoman dynasty died in 1572. The body was buried next to her mother - Aishe Hafsa Sultan.

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Unusually modest in size Shah Sultan Mosque in Istanbul is located in the Eyup region, on the shores of the Golden Horn. The Shah Sultan Mosque was erected by the architect Mimar Sinan in 1556, shortly before the death of the Sultana.

Few facts of history about Shah Sultan

Shah Sultan - the daughter of Sultan Selim I and his wife Aishe Hafse Sultan was born in 1499. At the age of twenty-four, Shah Sultan was married to Lutfi Pasha, but scandalously divorced him after eighteen years. The reason for the divorce was the beatings and insults inflicted on his wife, Lutfi Pasha, at the time of a family dispute over a draft law on adultery, which would provide for severe "surgical punishment" for lascivious women. Shah Sultan lived until 1572, having outlived the famous Khyurrem Sultan, feuding with her, by as much as fourteen years.

According to various studies carried out in 2016, the graves of Shah Sultan and Aishe Hafse Sultan were found in a burial in the courtyard of the Yavuz Sultan Selim mosque.

About Shah Sultan Mosque

The small-sized structure of the Shah Sultan Mosque was erected fifty meters from the Golden Horn Bay. This territory was bought by the Shah Sultan, probably for laying not only a mosque, but also mausoleums for his family, however, time ordered otherwise.

The rectangular building of the mosque (16m * 13m) was built of natural stone tied with red baked clay tiles. Inside the mosque, the prayer department is almost square (11m * 10m).
After a series of earthquakes, of which the most destructive one happened in 1766, the mosque was repeatedly restored. In the twentieth century, renovations were done four times, and the last one in 2005. Therefore, most of the trim elements that were previously made of wood were replaced with marble or iron ones. Moreover, as part of the latest reconstruction of the mosque, the roof was completely replaced, replacing the wooden floors with reinforced concrete ones, and the tiles were re-piled. The only minaret of the mosque is low and devoid of any decorations.

Of course, the Shah Sultan Cami Mosque - such a mundane architecture, completely devoid of the flight of fantasy of the great master Sinan, somewhat surprises tourists. Apparently, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who ordered the construction, had some good reason. Visit Shah Sultan Mosque in Istanbul it is reasonable to combine with a walk to the romantic cafe Pierre Lotti, which is located very close.

But she worked on the image of her skittish heroine for a very long time.

A bit of history and serial life

There is more information about Shah Sultan, the daughter of Aisha Hafsa Sultan and the great Selim I, in contrast to her sisters. There is an opinion that a concubine gave birth to a girl, but judging by the fact that she was buried in close proximity to Aisha Hafsa Sultan, one should not consider the conversations regarding the concubine's mother. The girl was called Shah-i-Khuban, also Shakhhuban. The prefix "Huban" denotes the presence of a yellow or whitish shade of hair. Her name in translation means "Bright Lady". But if we move on to the image of the girl in the series, then the actress Deniz Chakyr is dark-haired.

In 1509, the beautiful Shah Sultan was born in Manisa. At the same time, there is a version that her brother was in the same city. Thanks to the religious man - Merkez Efendi, the girl receives a good education in Manisa. Merkez helped to cope with the illness of the Sultan's wife, after which he received a high post.

When Shah turns fourteen, she marries Lufti Pasha, who at that time was thirty-five years old. He was appointed Grand Vizier in 1539 after this post was vacated by Ayaz, who was taken to the next world by a terrible disease. Father - Sultan Selim Yavuz, wanted this marriage, since it was beneficial to him. Shah Sultan gives birth to her husband two daughters - Neslishah (Nazlyshah is cited in other sources) and Esmahan. But in the series we do not know anything about Neslisha, since we are talking only about the birth of one daughter - Esmahan Sultan.

Being married, Shah Sultan openly showed that she did not feel anything towards her husband, did not consider it necessary to let her near her soul. But, as for his post as Grand Vizier, she was able to help him, helping to ensure that his predecessor quickly vacated his post. The series reveals to us a picture of the relationship between Shahhuban and Ibrahim. But the guy could not pretend to be a husband, since he did not hold the proper rank, he was a simple falconer.

War of two beasts

Nothing is known from the historical data regarding the relationship between Shah Sultan and Khyurrem. But we can assume that the writers know better, so you can judge about their relationship from the series. They constantly intrigued each other, although Shah always behaved in public in such a way that she was an angel. It was necessary to veil all the dirty tricks, so Shah did everything in order to lull the vigilance of the red-haired fury. Hatred of Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska increased manifold after the death of Ibrahim was reported. Enlisting the support of Mahidevran and Khadija, the woman opened a real war on Khyurrem.

The fatal mistake of the husband

As soon as Lufty Pasha felt the power, he began to establish his own order in the city. His cruelty knew no bounds when he brutally punished a woman of easy virtue. He gave an order without a court order to burn this woman's genitals. She died a painful death.

The wife of an imperious husband, Shah Sultan, could not contain her anger, and he, in turn, beat her. But the man completely forgot that the representatives of the Ottoman dynasty were not allowed to be beaten. Shah Sultan received approval for divorce. After a while, Lufty received his resignation and was exiled to the east of Greece - to Dimetoku. She agreed with the ruler to save his life only for the sake of her daughter, whom she did not want to deprive of her father. When the Shah became free and was considered a wealthy Turkish aristocrat, she took up charity work.

In 1572 Shah Sultan died in Istanbul. She talked about wanting to see her grave next to her mother. And this woman wanted what she wanted at any cost. In March 2013, the grave of Aishe Hafa Sultan was restored, the burial of Shah Sultan was discovered.

The character of the heroine Deniz Chakyr

Shah Sultan is an unapproachable woman. She is very calculating, prefers to observe everyone in the harem from the sidelines, and then analyzes everything that she can learn. Behind the external calmness is hidden a vulnerable soul, which she closed from everyone under blocks of ice. He tries not to get attached to anyone in order to be invulnerable. In any intrigue, she is accompanied by success. She is straightforward enough, cunning, smart, cold-blooded. But having made the slightest mistake in their calculations, with regards to the destruction of Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska, he suffers a fiasco.

Why is Shah Sultan such a bitch?

Everything starts from early childhood. She did not see love and affection from her parents. Her first husband was not her choice, so she did not manage to experience a strong feeling of love. As a result, her heart turned to stone. She is looking for salvation in her title and then disappointments await her. Only Merjan-age serves her faithfully. He is her faithful slave, who was always there and loyally cared for. When the Shah was leaving the capital, Merjan begged her to take him with her, but the sultana did not. The thing is that Mercan was the main aga in the harem, so he had to stay in Istanbul.

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