1. Today’s Lecture
Hürrem Sultan and Sultan Süleyman
Dynastic politics and the rise of the favorite Hürrem
Hürrem’s Letter to Süleyman
Imperial Family and their architectural patronage

3. Roxelana/Hürrem Sultan

4. Rise of the favorite: Hürrem Sultan
Hürrem’s career as a royal consort (from the birth of her first son in 1521 to her death in 1566 broke with three principal features of earlier tradition:
the reproductive principle of one mother-one son
Hürrem had four sons
Mehmed born in 1521, died from small pox.
Abdullah born in 1523, died three years after his birth
Selim born in 1524
Bayezid born in 1525
Cihangir born in 1531, a hunchback.
as well as Mihrimah-Süleyman’s only surviving daughter born in 1522
the concubine status of royal mothers
Sultan Süleyman married Hürrem
the presence of a prince’s mother at her son’s provincial post and in the old palace in Bayezıd
Hürrem moved to the Topkapı and stayed in Istanbul and became a political confidante to the Sultan

5. Süleyman conversing with Mustafa from Arifi, Süleymanname ca
Süleyman conversing with Mustafa from Arifi, Süleymanname ca. 1557, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, H 1517, fols. 37v, 38r.

6. Süleyman conversing with Mustafa from Arifi’s Süleymanname (The Book of Süleyman) dating from 1558 Topkapı Palace Lıbrary Hç1517ö folç 477b

7. Portrait of Süleyman attributed to Nigari, mid 1560s Topkapı Palace Museum H 2134/8

9. Charles V (left) Young Charles V by Barend van Orley (right): Charles V seated, Titian, 1548

10. An Imperial family and its architectural patronage

11. Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul.

13. Haseki Hürrem Baths in Sultanahmet (left)
Haseki Mosque Complex in Haseki, (right) and Floor plan of complex showing (1) mosque with 1612 extension, (2) madrasa, (3) elementary school, (4) hospice, (5) hospital

14. Review complexes of the Royal Family4 5 6 3 1 2
Review complexes of the Royal Family
Süleyman , 2. Haseki, 3. Mehmed 4. Cihangir 5. Mihrümah 6. Rüstem.

15. Mosque Complexes of Three Siblings Mehmed (top left), Cihangir (top right, here 19th century rebuilding), Mihrimah in Üsküdar (bottom left) and Edirnekapı (bottom right)

16. Mosques of Mihrimah Sultan in Üsküdar (left) and Rüstem Paşa in Eminönü (right)

17. Mihrimah Sultan Complex in Üsküdar
(1) mosque, (2) madrasa, (3) elementary school, (4) mausoleum of Cigalazade Sinan Pasa (d. 1605), (5) mausoleum of Edhem Pasa ( ), (6) cemetery garden

18. Rüstem Paşa Complex, Tahtakale (1) pre-existing bathhouse, (2) ablution fountain (3) Küçük Çukur Han, (4) Büyük Çukur Han, (5) Burmali Han (law court), (6) courtyard of the law court, (7) cemetery garden