Biography
Gulfem Hatun - Sulemann's concubitant Sultan Suleiman's magnificent, who gave birth to Shehzade Murad. History silent about the details of the biography of Gulfay, but her image was made as an ideal wise, honest and god-fearing woman. The tragic death broke away the life of the lover of Sultan, retaining the legend of the favorite in the eyelids thanks to mentions in films and historical documents.Childhood and youth
The exact date of birth of Gulfem Hatun is unknown, but historians suggest that the girl was born around 1497. The data on origin is also ambiguous. Some claim that she had Sicilian roots, others are confident: the relatives of the concubine were Poles. According to some data, at birth, she received the name Rosalin.
Father, judging by the Ottoman archives, called Abdullah or Abdurrahman. By tradition, such a name was given to representatives of a strong sex, the next Christian faith, but facing Islam. There is a place and an alternative version that says that Gulfem accounted for by the daughter of Albanian Bey, and the parents called Aisha's girl, which corresponds to the assumptions about Turkish origin.
Personal life and fate
Gulfhem from the young age was listed by the superlitter of Sultan. According to a harem book, among the mistresses of the ruler, it was from 1511. Attractive, sincere and judicial girl so convinced the attention of Suleiman, which became the second concubine of the ruler. In 1513, she gave birth to Suleiman a magnificent son. The boy lived on 8 years old, infected with smallpox and died, and Mother Gulfem stopped interested in Sultan. Other children did not appear at the pair.
Despite the fact that the chances of a woman again conquer the prerogatives and the interest of Sultan seemed small, she managed to eclipse the opponents with which she divided the harem. So, Makhidevran drove away from the palace at all because of the favorite, and other concubines were afraid to enter the Sultan rest without her knowledge.
Two main women in Harem, Gulfem and Cheurrem, did not host. Perhaps the case was in wisdom of the first or in the reluctance of both to get inside the palace intrigues. They coexisted peacefully on one territory. After the death of Hurrem Gulfem restored the right and again became a favorite of Sultan. The aged Suleiman remembered how his beauty attracted him so much, and made her confidant. In frequent conversations, he told a favorite about anxietary and consulted with a woman. The personal life of the apartment has become easy and pleasant.
The confirmation of these facts was the records left by foreign ambassadors who were at the courtyard. The face of Gulfem was hidden from the eye of the strangers, but the guard gave to understand who was seen by the guests. During this period, the effect of concubines in the harem was great.
The fate of the sultan's favorite was surprisingly. She was a good and friendly, knew how to find an approach to other Suleiman's wives, and also showed wisdom and cordiality. As a sign of appreciation and respect, the patron of Gulf began the construction of a mosque in aclay. She planned the construction of a building with additional buildings: school, hospital and bath. Sinan Pasha engaged in a charitable project.
The plan was expensive, but the woman was wealthy. As the favorite wife of Sultan, she owned the palaces, jewels and other material benefits, the list of which was introduced into the barn books of Topkapi. In addition, she regularly provided salary. Thanks to these financial reserves, construction moved quickly, but one day the resources were dried, and the work was suspended.
Gulfham did not want to talk about the intention of Suleiman. Perhaps pride manifested itself, or a woman wanted to do a surprise. One way or another, she saw a solution to the problem in agreement with another coercive, offering for money to spend the night with the Sultan intended for her. To take advantage of the chance to be in the rest of the ruler, many wanted many, and Gulfahem sold Halleve.
Sultan, who was waiting for the favorite, did not understand why, instead of her, each time was new girls. The wife justified it with bad well-being, and herself continued to collect money on completing the construction. One day, kinata was not the most benevolent of the concubine in the rest of the ruler. To the question of Suleiman about Gulfem, she described the situation in such a way as if the favorite of Sultan was fighting, so the favorite sold the line to be near her husband.
Death
Having come into rage, Suleiman Ambassador to the rest of Gulf. According to his order in 1562, the execution took place. The cause of the death of the woman was the anger of the ruler and the instant reaction of executioners, ready to kill at the first call of Sultan.
Later, the man still recognized the truth. The fact that he repent and mourned innocently killed, testify records of accounting books. The treasurer did not give up the executioners neither the coin for the work and sent the servants from the palace. Realizing, for which the concubine was collected by money, Sultan ordered to complete the mosque and called it in honor of his beloved wife. Here organized the tomb of the former favorite. According to legend, at the time of the burial, the landscaps of the grave glowed by itself.
Gulfem Hatun in Culture
The mosque about which Suleiman had dreamed about, in 1850 he was facing a fire, but later was restored. The building survived not one earthquake and fire, so it hardly retained the previous outlines to the present day.
The image of the Gulf was used for television projects. He was embodied by the actress Yasman Kozanoglu for the series "Hurrem Sultan". In 2011, the "magnificent century" was released, in which Suleiman's favorite, who was attempted and saving the life of Hatijah, depicted Seleni Ozzyurk.
Despite the fact that several portraits were published on the Internet of the Internet, allegedly depicting Gulfia, pictures, imprinted the image of the Sultan's wife, no.