Şehzade Süleyman

Şehzade Süleyman (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده سليمان‎; 1613 – 27 July 1635) was an Ottoman prince and the son of Sultan Ahmed I and his wife Kösem Sultan. He was the brother of Murad IV and Ibrahim, and half-brother of Osman II.

Şehzade Süleyman
The tomb of Şehzade Süleyman is located inside the Ahmed I Mausoleum, Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
Born1613
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died27 July 1635
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Ahmed I Mausoleum, Blue Mosque, Constantinople
Names
Turkish: Şehzade Süleyman bin Ahmed I
Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ سليمان
DynastyOttoman
FatherAhmed I
MotherKösem Sultan
ReligionIslam

Life

Şehzade Süleyman was born in 1614 in Topkapı Palace to Ahmed I and Kösem Sultan as their second eldest son. Following his father's early death in 1617, he and his siblings were exiled to the Old Palace (Eski Saray).

After Murad’s accession in 1623, Süleyman was confined in the Kafes.[1][2]

Death

In 1635, Süleyman and his half-brother Bayezid were executed during the celebrations over the victory at Erivan.[3] The orders were carried out by Murad IV, the cause of Süleyman’s execution is unknown. It was most likely that he was found favored on the throne by Murad's opponents and rivals that wanted to overthrown him, or simply the cruelty that had consumed Murad.

After his death, he was buried in his father Ahmed I's mausoleum in the Blue Mosque.

References
  1. Klaus Kreiser: Der osmanische Staat 1300–1922. München 2001, S. 1.
  2. John Freely: Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of Sultans in Istanbul (Tauris Parke Paperbacks) Paperback – December 30, 2016.
  3. Peirce 1993, p. 259.
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