Şehzade Abdullah (c. 1525 – c. 1528) was an Ottoman prince, son of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his favorite Hurrem Sultan.[1][2][3] He was born around 1525 in Eski Saray, the Ottoman Empire and died due to a disease, possibly smallpox, in Constantinople, around 1528. He was buried in the Yavuz Selim Mosque[3][2]
| Şehzade Abdullah | |||||
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| Born | c. 1525 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | c. 1528 (aged 2–3) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Suleiman I | ||||
| Mother | Hurrem Sultan | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Although sometimes popularly considered, current historians believe he was not Mihrimah Sultan's twin as it is likely their births happened years apart.[3]
References
edit- ^ Oztuna Yilmaz (1998). Osmanli Devleti Tarihi. Turk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi. ISBN 9751719356. OCLC 862307379.
- ^ a b Leslie Penn Peirce (2010). The imperial harem : women and sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195086775. OCLC 723638763.
- ^ a b c Peirce, Leslie (2017). Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465032518.