Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)


Ayşe Sultan, also called Küçuk Ayşe Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III.

Life

Birth

Ayşe Sultan was born on 24 November 1718 in the Topkapı Palace. Her father was Sultan Ahmed III and her mother was
Emine Muslihe Kadın. She had a full sister named Zübeyde Sultan, nine years younger than her.

Marriages

In 1724, when Ayşe Sultan was six years old, Ahmed betrothed her to his swordbearer Kunduracızade Istanbullu Mehmed Pasha, and appointed him the governor of Rumelia. The marriage contract was concluded on 28 September 1728, and the wedding took place on 4 October 1728 at the Topkapı Palace. The couple were given the Valide Kethüdası Mehmed Pasha Palace, located at Süleymaniye as their residence. In 1730, the grand vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha was killed in the uprising of Patrona Halil and Ahmed III was deposed. Ayşe Sultan's husband, Mehmed Pasha, became the grand vizier in October 1730. He remained grand vizier until January 1731, after which he was appointed, the governor of Aleppo. He died in 1737.
Following Mehmed Pasha's death, she married Hatip Ahmed Pasha, the son of grand vizier Topal Osman Pasha. The wedding took place in 1740 at the Ortaköy Palace, while the marriage was consummated in December 1742 at the Demirkapı Palace. Ahmed Pasha was appointed the governor of Mora in 1744 and died in 1748. Ten years after Ahmed Pasha's death, she married Silahdar Mehmed Pasha, the Sanjak Bey of Tirhala. This wedding took place on 16 January 1758 at the Hekimbaşı Palace. Her dowry was 5000 ducats.

Issue

Ayşe Sultan had a daughter named Rukiye Hanımsultan, who married Lalazade Nuri Bey.

Charities

There are two foundations in VGM Archive, which are recorded in the book numbered K.141. The first of these dates is 1743. She dedicated a fountain he built around the palace in Istanbul in the foundation. Every year, there are conditions for teaching the mevlit, teaching the Qur'an to those who want in the Valide Sultan Mosque, and preaching to the public in the Daye Hatun Mosque. In order to ensure the income of the foundation, the garden, garden, mill and farm are devoted.
In the second foundation dated 1776, which was held after the death of Ayşe Sultan, there is a requirement that thirty people should read the Qur'an every day for the spirit of Ayşe Sultan.
Her father assigned her the palaces of Rami Pasha and also Bahariye Palace. She owned her own lands and vakfs in Izmit and Ankara.

Death

Ayşe Sultan died on 3 October 1776 at the Ortaköy Palace and was buried in her great-grandmother Turhan Hatice Sultan's mausoleum, located at New Mosque at Istanbul.

Ancestry