Hayme Hatun

Mother of Ertuğrul, grandmother of Osman I From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hayme Hatun, also known as Hayma Ana[2] (Mother Hayma), was the grandmother of Osman I, who was the founder of the Ottoman Empire. She was the mother of Ertuğrul Gazi, Gündoğdu, who were the leaders of the Kayı clan of the Oghuz Turks. She was bestowed and known by the title of Devlet Ana (State Mother) of the Ottoman Empire.[3][4]

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Name

Her name appears as Haymana, Hayme Hatun, Hayme Sultan, Ayva Ana and Ayvana. The name Hayma Ana seems to be an obvious transference of the topographic term haymana, or "prairie", into a personal name.[citation needed]

Burial place

Closer view of the mausoleum of Hayma Ana
Tomb of Hayma Ana

Hayma Ana's last resting place is at Çarşamba, a village near Domaniç, in a pasture area, close to a route connecting the lowlands east of Bursa with Tavşanlı. In 1892 Abdul Hamid II saw the recovery of the tomb of Hayme Ana.[5]

Family

She was of Turkish descent and belonged to a Turkmen family of the Dodurga tribe. She was the grandmother of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. She had four sons:[citation needed]

Hayme Hatun has been portrayed by Hülya Darcan in Turkish TV series Diriliş: Ertuğrul.

See also

Further reading

  • İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Osmanlı Tarihi, C.I
  • Selim Yıldız, “Hayme Ana”, Vilayetlerin Sultanlığından Faziletlerin Sultanlığına Osmanlı Devleti, Kütahya 1999, s.40
  • Mehmed Maksudoğlu, Osmanlı Tarihi, İstanbul 2001, s.21

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