Canfeda Hatun
Salihe Canfeda Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: صالحہ جان فدا خاتون; "the devoted one" and "soul"; died c. 1600) was a lady-in-waiting to Nurbanu Sultan and Sultan Murad III of the Ottoman Empire.
| Canfeda Hatun | |
|---|---|
| Full name | |
| Born | Circassia |
| Died | c. 1600 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Career
changeCanfeda Hatun was an associate of Nurbanu Sultan. Nurbanu Sultan brought her from the Old Palace.[1] She was employed as a housekeeper for the concubines of the Imperial Harem and she was also known as (kedbanu-yi-harem and Kethüda Hatun and Kahya Kadin). And under Nurbanu she trained the concubines of the Imperial Harem. She was also an ally of Ghazanfer Agha. Gazanfer Agha was the Agha of the Imperial Harem.[2] She was also an ally of Lala Mustafa Pasha. Lala Mustafa Pasha was a rival of Grand Vizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha.[3][4] On Nurbanu deathbed in 1583, Nurbanu tried to kept Canfeda in the Imperial Harem.[5] And so after Nurbanu died, Canfeda took charge of the Imperial Harem.[2] She died in 1600.[6]
References
change- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 131.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fleischer 2014, p. 72.
- ↑ Fetvacı 2013, p. 103.
- ↑ Fleischer 2014, p. 73.
- ↑ Peirce 1993, p. 131-2.
- ↑ Gövsa 1945, p. 78.