Şivekar Sultan
Seventh Haseki Sultan of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I
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Şivekar Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: شیوه کار سلطان, romanized: 4; died 1693) was the seventh Haseki sultan of Sultan Ibrahim I (reign 1640 – 1648) of the Ottoman Empire.
Unnamed Second Haseki[1]
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (?)
| Şivekar Sultan | |||||
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| Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Imperial Consort) | |||||
| Tenure | 1646 – 8 August 1648 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ayşe Sultan Unnamed Second Haseki[1] | ||||
| Successor | Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan | ||||
| Born | Maria (?) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (?) | ||||
| Died | 1693[2] Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Burial | Ibrahim I Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul | ||||
| Spouse | Ibrahim Ahmed Pasha m.1649-? Silahdar Mehmed Pasha m.? | ||||
| Issue | With Ibrahim Şehzade Cihangir | ||||
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| House | Ottoman | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam, previously Orthodox Christian | ||||
Life
She was of Armenian descent.[3] Her real name was Maria, and she was the daughter of a wealthy Armenian merchant.[citation needed]
Şivekar Sultan was morbidly obese. In 1646, Ibrahim appointed his servants to look for the "fattest woman" in Constantinople. Upon this order, they started to search for palace officials and eventually found an Armenian woman in Üsküdar. Maria became his consort and he gave her the name Şivekar, meaning "flirty". She was then given the title of Seventh Haseki. She had a good relation with Cinci Hoca Pasha and later with the Eighth Haseki Hümaşah Sultan.[4]
She was politically active during Ibrahim's last years. Ibrahim soon became mentally ill, and Şivekar helped sooth his tensions. She was among the strongest consorts of Ibrahim in the Ottoman Harem's politics.[5] She gave birth to a son, named Şehzade Cihangir, in 1646, who died in infancy. In addition, all Damascus revenues were donated to Şivekar Sultan.[6]
After Ibrahim's deposition in 1648 she moved to the old palace along with other consorts of Ibrahim, Şivekar remarried in 1649 to Ahmed Pasha and left the Old Palace, shortly after the marriage Ahmed died and she remarried to Silahdar Mehmed Pasha,[7] Şivekar died in 1693.[4][8]
Şivekar Sultan founded some foundations and vakfs in her lifetime.[9][10]
Today, she is buried inside the Ibrahim I Mausoleum at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.[8][9][11]
Issue
By Ibrahim, Şivekar Sultan had a son:[6]
- Şehzade Cihangir (14 December 1646 – 1 December 1648). Born and died in Topkapi Palace, Constantinople.
In popular culture
- In the 2015 Turkish historical fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Şivekar Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Gümeç Alpay Aslan.[12]