#mal hatun

[venicepearl]

Malhun Hatun (also called Mal Hatun; d. c. 1324) was the wife of Osman I, the leader of the Ottoman Turks and the founder of the dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire. She was possibly the mother of Sultan Orhan.

[reallifesultanas]

I uploaded a few family trees long ago, however in the last few weeks I did a deep research and found some mistakes in those and also I was able to find some new sources which helped a lot to made the family trees more correct. I’m gonna upload every sultan’s family tree separated. 

About Osman’s family we know quite little unfortunatelly. Most probably he had more children then listed above, but the ones dying infancy and the daughters just lost in history. About Fatma I would like to talk a little bit more. She was listed in the foundation deed of later Orhan I, which may suggest that she was a full sister of him since no other sister were mentioned. We dont know when did she die, some suggest she died after Orhan, but it is not proven yet. 

[ottomanladies]

mothers of the Ottoman sultans

[ottomanladies]

𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 : Osman I

"Osman, who had at least five or six sons and at least one daughter, may have had other wives in addition to Mal Khatun and Edebali's daughter. A historical tradition regarding the acquisition of one of Osman's wives calls to mind the Turkish nomadic practice of acquiring women through raids on neighboring tribes. As the story goes, one day on his way to Eskisehir. Osman caught sight of a woman in the village of ltburnu, fell in love with her, and, without telling his father, sent someone to ask for her in marriage. She refused on the grounds that she was not worthy of him, although this may have been an excuse, since there were rumors that Osman intended only a brief dalliance with her. Osman was spurred to kidnap the woman when an erstwhile ally of his, listening to his description of her manifold virtues, decided to take her for himself. Although the sources confuse this woman with Mal Khatun and Edebali's daughter, she was clearly a person of lesser status. The details of the story indicate that the kidnapping occurred when Osman was quite young and before he had gained more than a local reputation. Women of standing themselves, selves, Edebali's daughter and Mal Khatun probably married a more mature and powerful Osman." -- Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire 

[ottomanladies]

Osman Gazi's first wife Mal Hâtun/Malhun Hâtun is the only originally Mongolian woman that we know from Ottoman history.

Is she though? I have never heard of this and I could not find anything to support this claim. 

Peirce says that she was the daughter of an Anatolian man, possibly a ruler. Öztuna says that her father was a Selçuk vizier, so again a man of important status. 

No book I have about Ottoman history mentions that she was Mongolian so I don’t know where you found that-- please don’t tell me your source is tv show Kuruluş Osman.

[ottomanladies]

the family of Osman I

Consorts:

Mal Hatun: she was the daughter of Ömer Bey or Umur Bey, possibly the ruler of the Umuri or Amouri principality. According to the Byzantine historian Pachymeres, “a son of Umur fought with Osman in one of his first raids against local Byzantine lords”, which may explain the marriage between Osman and Mal Hatun as a political alliance. Mal Hatun was the mother of Osman’s successor Orhan, and she actually outlived her husband as she was buried in the family tomb around Osman’s grave in Bursa (when Osman died, Bursa had not been captured yet so for a time he was buried near his father’s tomb in Soğut). It is not known when she died.

Rabia or Bala Hatun: she may have been the daughter of Şeyh Ede Balı. She is sometimes called Malhun as well. She was the mother of Alâeddin Bey and she spent the last years of her life with her father. She died in Bilecik in 1324 and was buried next to her father's tomb.

"Osman, who had at least five or six sons and at least one daughter, may have had other wives in addition to Mal Khatun and Edebali's daughter. A historical tradition regarding the acquisition of one of Osman's wives calls to mind the Turkish nomadic practice of acquiring women through raids on neighboring tribes. As the story goes, one day on his way to Eskisehir. Osman caught sight of a woman in the village of ltburnu, fell in love with her, and, without telling his father, sent someone to ask for her in marriage. She refused on the grounds that she was not worthy of him, although this may have been an excuse, since there were rumors that Osman intended only a brief dalliance with her. Osman was spurred to kidnap the woman when an erstwhile ally of his, listening to his description of her manifold virtues, decided to take her for himself. Although the sources confuse this woman with Mal Khatun and Edebali's daughter, she was clearly a person of lesser status. The details of the story indicate that the kidnapping occurred when Osman was quite young and before he had gained more than a local reputation. Women of standing themselves, selves, Edebali's daughter and Mal Khatun probably married a more mature and powerful Osman." -- Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

Children:

A son: probably Osman's eldest son, he was given to the Selçuk Sultan Gıyâsüddîn III Keyhusrev to be raised in his household when Ertuğrul Gaazî stipulated a peace treaty with him. He had descendants who were alive at the time in which Bayezid I conquered Malatya.

Orhan Gaazî (1281-3.1362): second ruler of the Ottoman dynasty

Alâeddîn Alî Bey (1290?-1331/1333): son of Bala Hatun, he was made governor of Bilecik. He built a mosque complex in Bursa. He had a son Kiliç Bey. His last descendant died in 1530

Fatma Hatun: she was named in the foundation deed of her brother Orhan. We know nothing about her.

Savci Bey: his son, Suleyman Bey, married Hatice Hatun, daughter of Orhan Gaazî.

Melik Bey: had a daughter called Melek

Çoban Bey: he built a mosque in Bursa.

Hamîd Bey: there is no information about him

Pazarli Bey: commander of his brother Orhân Gaazî. He had a daughter, and two sons: Ilyas Bey and Murad Bey.

sources:

M. Çağatay Uluçay, Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları

Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire

Yılmaz Öztuna, Devletler ve Hanedanlar Cilt 2

Necdet Sakaoğlu, Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

[ottomanladies]

Hi, i was just asking can you list consorts that were of noble birth.

Mal Hatun (consort of Osman I): probably the daughter of the ruler of the umeri principality

Asporça Hatun (consort of Orhan): probably the daughter of a byzantine lord

Theodora Kantakuzenos (consort of Orhan): byzantine princess

Tamara Hatun (Murad I): Bulgarian princess

Olivera Despina Hatun (Bayezid I): Serbian princess

Emine Hatun (Mehmed I): Dulkadir princess 

Mara Hatun (Murad II): Serbian princess

Sitti Mukrime Hatun (Mehmed II): Dulkadir princess

Servetseza Başkadınefendi (Abdülmecid I): princess of the Temruko line

Hoşyar Kadınefendi (Abdülmecid I): daughter of Georgian nobleman Zurab Bey Tuskia

Verdicenan Kadınefendi (Abdülmecid I): princess of the Açba family

Şayan Kadınefendi (Abdülmecid I): her mother was a member of the Kucba family

Gülistu Kadınefendi (Abdülmecid I): princess of the Çaçba family

Zerrinmelek Hanım(Abdülmecid I): princess of the Klıç dynasty

Nesrin Hanım(Abdülmecid I): daughter of Georgian nobleman Manuçar Bey Asemiani

Navek-i Visal Hanım (Abdülmecid I): princess of the Biberd family

Neveser Hanım(Abdülmecid I): daughter of Abazin nobleman Mısost Bey Eşba

Nalan-ı Dil Hanım(Abdülmecid I): daughter of Prince Çıpakue Natıkhu Bey

Şayeste Hanım(Abdülmecid I): princess of the Inalipa family

Ayşe Serfiraz Hanım(Abdülmecid I): princess of the Liah (or Lakh) family

Safderun Hanım (Abdülmecid I): daughter of a Circassian princess

Dürr-i Nev Kadınefendi (Abdülaziz): daughter of Prince Mahmud Bey Dziapş-lpa

Edadil Kadınefendi (Abdülaziz): daughter of Abkhaz Prince Aredba Tandal Bey

Neşerek Kadınefendi (Abdülaziz): daughter of Prince İsmail Bey Zevş-Barakay

Gevheri Kadınefendi (Abdülaziz): daughter of Abkhazian nbleman Salih Bey

Reftar-ı dil Kadınefendi (Murad V): daughter of the noble Circassian family Hatko

Şayan Kadınefendi (Murad V): daughter of Prince Batir Bey Zan

Filizten Hanım (Murad V): daughter of Abazin prince Şahin Bey Çaabalurhva

Nazikeda Kadınefendi (Abdülhamid II): daughter of Abazin prince Arzakan Bey Tsanba

Safinaz Kadınefendi (Abdülhamid II): daughter of a Circassian princess

Bedrifelek Kadınefendi (Abdülhamid II): daughter of Prince Karzeg Mehmed Bey

Bidar Kadınefendi (Abdülhamid II): daughter of Prince Ibrahim Talustan Bey

Mezide Mestan Kadınefendi (Abdülhamid II): daughter of nobleman Kaymat Bey Mikanba

Sazkar Başhanımefendi (Abdülhamid II): daughter of Abazin nobleman Maan Bata Bey 

Peyveste Hanım (Abdülhamid II): daughter of Abazin prince Eymhaa Osman Bey (Emuhvari)

Fatma Pesend Hanım (Abdülhamid II): daughter of Abazin prince Sami Bey Açba and a Tatar princess, member of the Giray dynasty

Nazperver Kadınefendi (Mehmed V): princess of the Abazin Çikotua dynasty

Emine Nazikeda Kadınefendi (Mehmed VI): daughter of Abkhazian Prince Hasan Ali Marşania

I’m not sure it’s all of them, I might have missed a couple-- if I did, I’ll add them later

[ottomanladies]

Hello,could you give me some info about Mal Hatun.

Early Ottoman empire, or principality in this case, is very difficult to talk about because most of what we have is actually just from legends and traditions.

Mal Hatun was the daughter of Ömer Bey or Umur Bey, possibly the ruler of the Umuri or Amouri principality. According to the Byzantine historian Pachymeres, "a son of Umur fought with Osman in one of his first raids against local Byzantine lords", which may explain the marriage between Osman and Mal Hatun as a political alliance.

Mal Hatun was the mother of Osman's successor Orhan, and she actually outlived her husband as she was buried in the family tomb around Osman's grave in Bursa (when Osman died, Bursa had not been captured yet so for a time he was buried near his father’s tomb in Soğut). 

It is not known when she died.

sources:- Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire- Mehmet Fatih Demirhan - Osmanlı Pâdişah Türbeleri / Ottoman Rulers’ Tombs