Hüsnüşah Hatun (; died 1513), also called Hüsnişah Hatun or Hüsnüşad Hatun, was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.
Family According to the most widely accepted view, Hüsnüşah Hatun was the daughter of Nasuh Bey, a descendant of Ibrahim II Bey, the ruler of Karaman; however, historian Necdet Sakaoğlu suggests, based on harem records, that she may actually have been a concubine of Christian origin.
In the harem
Hüsnüşah entered Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya sanjak. She gave birth to two children, a daughter, Sultanzade Sultan, and a son, Şehzade Şehinşah in 1470.
According to Ottoman tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors as a part of their training. Şehinşah was sent to Menteşe, Manisa, Konya, and then in 1485 to Karaman, and Hüsnüşah accompanied him. She built and endowed a mosque in 1490, and Kurşunlu Han in 1497 at Manisa. She also made several endowments in memory of her ancestors.
After Şehzade Şehinşah's execution in 1511, Hüsnüşah reported in a letter that she had been rendered crazy following his execution, defended his innocence, and requested that a mausoleum be built in his memory. She also corresponded with Selim I, Şehinşah's victorious brother, on behalf of Mevlana Pir Ahmed Çelebi, a scholar who had been at Şehinşah's court and who was neglected when the members of the prince's household were assigned new posts.
Issue From Bayezid II, Hüsnüşah Hatun had a daughter and a son: Sultanzade Sultan (Amasya, before 1470 -?) Şehzade Şehinşah (Amasya, 1470 - Karaman, 2 July 1511, buried in his half-brother Şehzade Ahmed's mausoleum). He had a known consort, Mükrime Hatun (buried in her own mausoleum in Muradiye Complex, Bursa), five sons and a daughter.
Death Hüsnüşah Hatun died at Bursa in 1513, and was buried in Muradiye Complex.
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